Chapter 4

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Multiply Decimals
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if students need intensive or strategic
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Math in the
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The branches of a staghorn coral can grow Decimals Greater Than One Write the word form and the
as much as 0.67 foot each year. expanded form for each.
In this Math in the Real World, students 3. 1.7 4. 5.62

will find how much a staghorn coral can one and seven tenths; five and sixty-two hundredths;
grow in 5 years. Discuss solution strategies, 1 + (7 × __
1)
10
5 + (6 × __
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10
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100

and then ask:

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• What is the length that a staghorn
coral adds to its branches each 5. 321 6. 387 7. 126 8. 457
× 4
__ × 5
__ × 13
_ × 35
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year? 0.67 foot 1,284 1,935 1,638 15,995

• How could we find how much

a staghorn coral will grow in Math in the
5 years? Find the product of 0.67 and 5.
Staghorn Coral is a type of branching coral.
It can add as much as 0.67 foot to its
branches each year. Find how much a
staghorn coral can grow in 5 years. 3.35 feet

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Intensive Intervention Skill 9;

TIER 3 Meaning of Intensive Intervention User
0 3.OA.A.1
Multiplication Guide Activity 4
Differentiated Centers Kit
Decimals 5.NBT.A.3a
Strategic Intervention Use the Enrich Activity in
TIER 2 Greater Than 0 Skill 9 the Chapter Resources or the
One independent activities in the
Grab-and-Go™
Strategic Intervention Differentiated Centers Kit.
TIER 2 Multiply by 4.NBT.B.5
1 Skill 21
3-Digit Numbers

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