How much of the square is shaded?

Record an estimate that is:

1. Shade each diagram to represent the given number.

   

   

   

   

2. Write a decimal number to represent the shaded part of each diagram. Explain or show your reasoning.

   

   

   

   

   Diagram, square. Length and width, 1. Partitioned into 10 rows of 10 of the same size squares. 62 squares shaded. 1 square partitioned into 10 columns, 5 shaded.

3. Shade the diagram to represent 0.328. Explain or show your reasoning.

   

Several students look at the diagram. They describe the shaded region in different ways. Who do you agree with? Explain or show your reasoning.

1. Jada says, “15 hundredths.”
2. Priya says, “150 thousandths.”
3. Tyler says, “15 thousandths.”
4. Diego says, “1 tenth and 5 hundredths.”
5. Mai says, “1 tenth and half of a tenth.”