Unit
4
Multiplication with Whole
Numbers and Decimals
Learning Progressions for the
Common Core State Standards Number and Operations in Base Ten
In Grade 4, students
•used strategies based on place value
and properties to multiply whole
numbers.
In Grade 5, students will
In Grade 6, students will
•represent multiplying decimals with
money and drawings.
•use strategies based on place value
and properties to multiply decimal
numbers.
•represented multiplying multidigit
numbers with arrays and area models.
•use strategies based on place value
and properties to multiply decimal
numbers.
•wrote equations to represent
multiplication situations.
•write equations to represent
multiplication situations.
•write equations to represent
multiplication situations.
Content Standards Across the Grades
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
•Multiply a whole number of up to four
digits by a one-digit whole number.
[CC.4.NBT.5]
•Explain patterns in the number
of zeros of the product when
multiplying a number by powers of 10.
[CC.5.NBT.2]
•Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and
divide multi-digit decimals using the
standard algorithm for each operation.
[CC.6.NS.3]
•Explain patterns in the placement of
the decimal point when a decimal is
multiplied or divided by a power of 10.
[CC.5.NBT.2]
•Solve problems involving decimals.
[CC.6.NS.3]
•Multiply two two-digit numbers.
[CC.4.NBT.5]
•Solve problems involving
multiplication with whole numbers.
[CC.4.NBT.5]
•Use whole-number exponents.
[CC.5.NBT.2]
•Fluently multiply multi-digit whole
numbers. [CC.5.NBT.5]
•Multiply decimals to hundredths.
[CC.5.NBT.7]
•Solve problems involving multiplication
with whole numbers and decimals.
[CC.5.NBT.5, CC.5.NBT.7]
UNIT 4 | Overview | 293A