This clip provides three practical problems to demonstrate when the ability to multiply fractions is useful. One example involves figuring out the area of a park. The clip points out that this type of problem is approached in the same way, regardles...
This clip explains that, "
if you are dividing by a number less than 10, you may have learned to do all the work in your head." It then demonstrates the steps that one would go through in dividing 208 by 8.
This clip explains what it means to carry when adding multi-digit whole numbers.
This clip explains that, instead of using a unit conversion factor to solve a problem, the student can use the decimal method, which the clip calls "a shortcut." "When we convert from metric to U.S. units," the clip notes, "we can use the shortcut b...
This clip explains that we can measure the perimeter of an equilateral polygon by multiplying the length of one side by the number of sides in the polygon. The clip also notes that the formula for measuring the perimeter of a rectangle is "perimeter...