National Mathematics
Program
1. Represent decimal numbers using
models and manipulatives to show the
relationship to fractions using:
a. models (grid paper 100’s)
b. manipulatives (base-10 blocks)
2. Read and write decimal numbers
with decimal parts to hundredths
Grade IV
Quarter 3, Week 4
Day 1
Good morning/afternoon, class! How are you today? Are you excited
about today’s lesson? Okay, let's have a short review.
I have here some pieces of chocolates. While I’m playing the music,
you will pass the chocolate. When the music stops, the one handling
the chocolate will have the chance to answer the question flushed on
the screen, and if the answer is correct, the chocolate is your reward;
if the answer is wrong, your classmates will also have the chance to
answer.
I will show three figures, and you will tell me what part of the whole
figure represents.
Did you know that fractions can be written in other
forms? Let's use your answer from past activities.
Let us first define the word decimal. It comes from the Latin decimus,
meaning tenth, and the root word decem, meaning ten.
Decimal is a fraction written in a special form where each digit
represents a different power of 10.
A decimal number is a number that has a decimal point followed by
digits that show a value smaller than one.
Where are decimal numbers commonly encountered?
Expected Answers: General weighted average of a student in school,
Price of goods in malls and supermarkets, Body temperature, Height
and weight of a person, Distance from one place to another.
Based on your responses, you have mentioned the prices of goods in
supermarkets. We use money to buy those goods. In our country, the peso is
our currency. Always remember that a 1-peso coin is equal to 100 centavos.
Please read this story aloud. I will distribute three grid papers with 100
squares to each of you. Using the given story, illustrate the fractions found
using Grid Paper and coloring materials. I will call some volunteers to
show their outputs in class.
Math Storytelling
In the Mathemata Kingdom, there lived a beautiful princess named
Snowy. One day, while walking through the forest to visit her friends, the
seven dwarfs, she saw a garden where red apples grew abundantly. She
noticed that three of the trees had 100 red apples each. She picked 15 red
apples from the first tree, 44 apples from the second tree, and eight from
the third tree. Then, she excitedly went to her friend's house, bringing the
red apples. She shared the apples with her friends. Snowy and the seven
dwarfs promised to take good care of the forest, which provides bountiful
fruits to all living things.
What did you learn from today’s discussion?
Expected answers:
[Link] definition of decimal.
[Link] to convert fractions to decimals.
[Link] to represent decimal numbers using blocks
and paper grids.
Day 2
Good morning/afternoon, class! How’s your day? I hope
you are all doing fine. Let's have a short review of
yesterday’s lesson.
I will show you some examples of fractions; please tell me
their decimal representation.
We use money to buy goods. In the Philippines, we use
the peso as our currency. Remember that a 1-peso coin
is equal to 100 centavos. Upon looking at your coin
purse, you only have two coins: 2 pieces of 25 centavos,
two of 10 centavos, and five of 5 centavos. What is the
total amount of your coins in peso?
Answer: 95 centavos = 0.95 pesos
Okay. Let us proceed to the following examples. Please be
seated in your respective groups. I will be providing you
with the materials. You will represent the scores of Grade 4
pupils using grid papers and base-10 blocks and write the
scores in decimal form. Please choose a representative to
present your answers in front of the class. Let’s have this
activity.
What did you learn from today’s discussion?
Expected answers:
1. How to convert fractions to decimals.
2. How to represent decimal numbers using base-
10 blocks and a grid with 100 squares.
3. Read and write decimal numbers in words.
Day 3
You can illustrate decimals using a paper grid of 100
squares and base-10 blocks. Let us use your answer
from past activities. Let us write them in words.0.25
can be written as twenty-five hundredths, 0.62 can
be written as sixty-two hundredths, and 1.30 can be
written as one and thirty hundredths.
We used Grid Paper of 100 squares and a base of
10 blocks in our activity. By using the base-10
blocks, you will be able to visualize decimal
numbers.
Are you familiar with the place value mat?
A place value mat will help you identify the value
of digits in numbers based on their location.
Do you know that according to Guinness World
Records, the tallest man ever recorded is Robert
Wadlow, who is 2.72 meters tall? If you are
going to write this in words, the height of
Robert Wadlow is two and seventy-two
hundredths.
Okay! Let’s go further.
Using base-10 blocks and a Place Value Mat, I will present how decimal
numbers are read considering the place value.
This figure illustrates the height of the tallest man ever. From left to right, the
place value of 2 is ones, 7 is tenths, and 2 (rightmost) is hundredths.
Therefore, there are 2 ones, 7 tenths, and 2 hundredths.
How do we read the given decimal? 2.72 is read as “two and seventy-two
hundredths.
”Here are the guides/rules for reading decimal numbers:
1. Read the whole number part (if the whole number is zero, then read the
decimal part).
2. Read the decimal point as “and”.
3. Read the decimal part like a whole number and affix the place value of the
right-most digit.
Say, for example, the average height of your section is 1.40 meters. How are
you going to write 1.40 meters in words?
Using the place value mat one and forty-hundredths is represented by the
following figures:
What did you learn from our lesson?
Expected answers:
1. How to represent decimal numbers using base-10
blocks.
2. How to represent decimal numbers using a place
value mat.
3. How to read decimal numbers in words.
4. How to write decimal numbers in words.
Day 4
Good morning/afternoon, class! How’s your day? Let's have a short review. Kindly go to
your respective groups and get your materials in front.
Let's proceed to the next level
since you already know how to
read and write decimals using
the place value mat.
You used the place value mat to read and write
decimals in your previous activity. The place
value mat helped you identify the value of
digits in numbers based on their position. It
also enabled you to picture the arrangement of
numbers.
Suppose your parent works abroad, particularly in Virginia,
USA, with a monthly salary of 1,800 dollars. Say the
savings for your educational plan every month is 15
dollars. And if the current exchange rate of 1 dollar is
58.51 pesos. What is the allotted savings for your
educational plan every month in pesos? Write your answer
in numbers and words.
I will be asking some volunteers to complete the table presented in front. As I call your name, please
come forward and answer the question assigned to you. If your answer is correct, you will receive a
reward from me.
1. What did you learn about decimals?
a. How do we define decimals?
b. How do we read decimals?
2. How can we connect this lesson to our everyday lives?
Cite instances where knowledge of decimals is helpful in
practical contexts.
