Unit 5 - Lesson 2 - Grade 5: Illustrative Mathematics

Write a decimal number to represent how much is shaded. Explain or show your reasoning.

Write a decimal number to represent how much is shaded. Explain or show your reasoning.

Shade 0.328 in the diagram. Explain or show your reasoning.

Several students look at the diagram and describe the shaded region in different ways. Who do you agree with? Why? A. Jada says it’s “15 hundredths.”B. Priya says it’s “150 thousandths.”C. Tyler says it’s “15 thousandths.”D. Diego says it’s “1 tenth and 5 hundredths.”E. Mai says it’s “1 tenth and half of a tenth.”

What is another way you could represent 0.149?