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Write and interpret numerical expressions
5.OA.A.1 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
Target Number Dash
Numerical Expressions Clock
5.NBT.A.2 Explain patterns in the number of zeros of the product when multiplying a number by powers of 10, and explain patterns in the placement of the decimal point when a decimal is multiplied or divided by a power of 10. Use whole-number exponents to denote powers of 10.
Multiplying a Whole Number by a Power of 10
Multiplying a Decimal by a Power of 10
Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
5.NF.A.1 Add
and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed
numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a
way as to produce an equivalent sum or differences of fractions with
like denominators.
Create Equivalent Fractions to Add Unlike Fractions
Create Equivalent Fractions to Subtract Unlike Fractions
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Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
5.NF.B.3 Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g. by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
Interpret Fractions as Division