Career Clusters

Lesson Purpose

Students need to be able to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions in order to possess the necessary skills to be employed in construction and trades careers. This lesson attempts to build the students’ employability skills by strengthening their number sense and fluency with fraction and decimal conversions.

The lesson purpose should be stated to students in the introduction of the lesson.

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Lesson Objectives

 At the end of this lesson, students will be able to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions to solve word problems related to trade jobs.

Students will watch instructor model examples, solve word problems and create a word problem with a partner, demonstrate how to solve a problem on the board, solve problems independently, and explain the steps for these types of conversions.

Student Target

 “I can convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions to solve word problems.”

CCR Focus Standards

Number and Ratios - Level D

• 7.NS.2d

  Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number terminates in 0s or eventually repeats.

Supporting Standards

• 7.NS.3

  Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

• MP.1

  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. (MP.1)

• MP.2

  Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MP.2)

• MP.4

  Model with mathematics. (MP.4)

KYAE Employability Standards

• E.3

  E.3 Model compliance of workplace policies and procedures.

• E.8

  E.8 Interact with others in a professional manner.

• E.7

  E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.