Ken has 7 baseballs. Each baseball weighs 0.3 pound . Ken wants to use this model to find the total weight of the baseballs. Each hundredths block in the model represents 1 whole .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n To find the total weight of the 7 baseballs, Ken can multiply the weight of one baseball by the number of baseballs: 7\u00d70.3=2.1 pounds7 \\times 0.3 = 2.1 \\text{ pounds}<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the total weight of the baseballs is 2.1 pounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ken has 7 baseballs, and each weighs 0.3 pound<\/strong>. To find the total weight, we multiply the number of baseballs (7) by the weight of one baseball (0.3): 7\u00d70.3=2.17 \\times 0.3 = 2.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means the combined weight of all 7 baseballs is 2.1 pounds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s understand how this relates to the model<\/strong> Ken uses. The model described uses hundredths blocks<\/strong>, where each block represents 1 whole<\/strong>. This part can be confusing, so let\u2019s break it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A hundredths block is often used in base-10 models to represent decimals. Typically, a full flat made up of 100 small squares (each one-hundredth) is used to show one whole. However, in this case, it says “each hundredths block represents 1 whole”<\/strong>, which likely means that the model Ken is using interprets 1 full block as 1 pound<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So if Ken’s total comes to 2.1 pounds<\/strong>, that would mean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though each baseball only weighs 0.3 pound, multiplying that by 7 gives Ken a total that includes both whole pounds and a decimal part (a fraction of a pound).<\/p>\n\n\n\n This model helps Ken visualize<\/strong> the weight using blocks: he can count 2 full blocks and then estimate a smaller part of another block to represent 0.1. It\u2019s a visual way of understanding multiplication and decimals, especially for learners who benefit from seeing quantities in block form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ken has 7 baseballs. Each baseball weighs 0.3 pound . Ken wants to use this model to find the total weight of the baseballs. Each hundredths block in the model represents 1 whole . The correct answer and explanation is: To find the total weight of the 7 baseballs, Ken can multiply the weight of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16481,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480\/revisions\/16481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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