standard_description: Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
problem_activity: Samuel is at the top of a tower and will ride a trolley down a zip line to a lower tower. The total vertical drop of the zip line is 40 feet. The zip line’s angle of elevation from the lower tower is 11.5°. Sam’s friend is not going to zip-line but wants to walk along the ground from the tall tower to the lower tower. How far will Sam’s friend walk to meet him?


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