Articles for tag: Decimals, Segment

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How to Scale a Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

Unlike AutoCad, Illustrator works in paper space units. Essentially, the length of a line segment in Adobe Illustrator is its length on the piece of paper, not the length at full scale. Therefore, to scale a drawing accurately in Illustrator, you will have to do a little conversion. Step 1: Click on the line tool. ...

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Free Printable 5th Grade Math Worksheets

There are some 5th grade students who enjoy the challenge and independence of math worksheets and some 5th graders who are repulsed with math worksheets. My thoughts are if a child wants to work on math worksheets and is asking if they can be given math worksheets, then the opportunity should be opened up to ...

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Fifth Graders Rounding Decimals

  In our daily routines we deal with some form of decimals. It could be at the grocery store, at work or trying to figure out how much money we need for a purchase that is $9.76. When I was a student I did not realize how important it was for me to learn about ...

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The Importance of Math in School

The Importance of Math in School The formal definition of mathematics, as given by Webster’s Dictionary, is the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions. Math goes even farther beyond this rather limited definition. Math is more than a science of numbers. It requires a certain type of mindset to be ...

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Math Worksheet – Grade 5 Mixed Review

This is a worksheet on comparing, ordering, and rounding decimals, word form and standard form. 1. Compare the following numbers. (Use , =) 0.3____0.03 2. Round this number to nearest tenth. 45.987 ________________ 3. Write these numbers from least to greatest. 4.5 3.09 4.07 2.8976 ____________________________________ Write as a decimal. 4. Six and thirty five ...

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Homeschool – Free 5th Grade Math Lesson Plans

Homeschooling 5th grade can be pretty overwhelming. What should you teach? How should you teach it? In what order should you teach it? Many questions float around in our heads. You are not alone, I ask myself these questions all the time. I ran across this site searching Google for help on 5th Grade Lesson ...

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Preparing for a Math Placement Test

As a college professor, many of the students in my Introductory Algebra course shouldn’t be there. The majority of them took Algebra II in high school, and some of them took Pre-Calculus. However, based on their placement test scores, they end up in Introductory Algebra, which isn’t considered college-level and doesn’t earn them any college ...

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How to Teach First Graders About Percentages

The objective of this math lesson is to teach a group of young first grade students about the importance of fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students will demonstrate an ability to comprehend how fractions, decimals, and percentages are used in daily life studies. The lesson should provide students with basic lesson and understanding of applying fractions, ...