Understanding Decimals: Lessons & Exercises
Understanding Decimals: Lessons & Exercises
Tenths 1
1 What numbers do the following representations show?
a) b) O • Tth
1 1
10 10
• 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
c)
d)
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T O • Tth
a) 1
= . c) 0.7 =
10
b) 0.3 = d) 6
10
= .
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5 Emma has written the value of the place value counter as: 1.10.
1
10
• It is less than 1.
• It has an even digit in the tenths column.
• It can be made with more than 7 counters on a ten frame.
Alex is thinking of . .
Reflect
How many different ways could you represent the number 0.6?
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Tenths 2
1 Look at the representations below. Complete the sentences.
a) O • Tth
1 1 1 1
• 0.1 0.1 0.1
b) O • Tth
1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
•
0.1
c) T O • Tth
d) T O • Tth
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1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
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O • Tth
I will use a ten frame
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 to help me see how
• to write this number.
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
6 7 2 8
a) The largest number that can be made is . .
Reflect
Max says 12.3 has 1 in the tenths column. Is Max correct? What is the value
of each of the digits?
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Tenths 3
1 What is the length of each bug?
a) b)
0 1 2
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm cm
. cm long. . cm long.
10 ml 16 ml
10 ml 16 ml
0 ml 0 ml
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2
3 10 3 10 4 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 4 10 5 5 10 5 10
3.8 4.5 5
3.9 4 1
2
4.6 5.0
4.3
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4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21
Reflect
5 4
10
is the same as 5.4.
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Dividing by 10 1
1 Complete the following calculations. Use the place value chart
to help you.
a) O • Tth O • Tth
1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2 ones = tenths
tenths ÷ 10 = tenths
2 ÷ 10 = .
b) O • Tth
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1
•
8 ones = tenths
tenths ÷ 10 = tenths
So 8 ÷ 10 = .
c) O • Tth
1 1 1 1 1
1 1
•
7 ÷ 10 = .
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2 Complete the following bar model and record the calculation that
it represents.
÷ =
O • Tth O • Tth
1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
a) 6 ÷ 10 = 0. e) ÷ 10 = 0.4
b) 8 ÷ = 0.8 f) 0.5 = ÷ 10
c) 1 ÷ 10 = g) 0.3 = 3 ÷
d) 0 ÷ 10 = h) ÷ 10 = 1
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5 ÷ 10 = 2
1 ÷ 10 = 0.1
2 ÷ 10 = 0.2
3 ÷ 10 = 0.3
I notice that
Reflect
Explain how to divide a 1-digit number by 10.
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Dividing by 10 2
1 Complete the following calculations.
tenths = .
T O • Tth
b) 4 tens = ones 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1
•
ones ÷ 10 = ones
5 ones = tenths
tenths ÷ 10 = tenths
T O • Tth
c) 51 ÷ 10 =
10 10 10 10 10 1
•
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28
÷ =
T O • Tth
•
a) 46 ÷ 10 = d) = 39 ÷ 10
b) ÷ 10 = 1.8 e) ÷ 10 = 3.9
c) ÷ 10 = 7.2 f) 6.5 = ÷ 10
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ways.
Reflect
What is the same and what is different about dividing a 1-digit number by
10 and dividing a 2-digit number by 10?
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Hundredths 1
1 Complete the following so that the hundredths grid, fraction and
decimal in each part are equivalent to each other.
a)
.
100
b)
14
.
100
c)
0.05
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
or .
16 18 22
Fraction: 100 100 100
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a) = 0. f) = 0.52
100 100
b) 0.27 = g) 0.59 =
100
c) 0.39 = h) = 0.93
= . = .
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Reflect
0.07 = 7
100
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Hundredths 2
1 Complete these questions so that the diagram, fraction and decimal
in each part are all equivalent.
a)
.
100
b)
c)
0.15
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2 Mo, Isla and Zac have shared 100 counters between them.
Use the bar model to calculate what fraction of the whole each child
has. Record this as a decimal.
100
Isla 45 Mo 23 Zac ?
Mo has , or .
100
Isla has , or .
100
Zac has , or .
100
. + . =1
4 Emma has 100 cards. She loses 17 of them. What fraction of the cards
does she have left? Give your answer as a decimal too.
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Reflect
How many different ways can the following be completed?
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b) O • Tth Hth
• 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.01
c)
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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0.6 0.07
b) d)
0.82
d) 0.37 = hundredths
O • Tth Hth
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
• 0.01 0.01
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.01
Reflect
Explain how 57 hundredths can be made up of tenths and hundredths.
How many different ways can you find to do it?
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Dividing by 100
1 Complete the following calculations.
a) 5 ÷ 100
5 ones = hundredths
So, 5 ÷ 100 = .
b) 11 ÷ 100
11 ÷ 100 = .
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T O • Tth Hth
1 5 •
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a) 54 ÷ 100 = e) 35 ÷ 100 =
d) = 32 ÷ 100 h) = 23 ÷ 100
Reflect
Explain how knowing 12
100
= 0.12 helps you work out 12 ÷ 100.
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45
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8.3
÷ =
a) 56 ÷ 10 = . c) 72 ÷ 10 = .
56 ÷ 100 = . 72 ÷ 100 = 0.
b) ÷ 10 = 3.4 d) 14 ÷ = 1.4
a) 68 ÷ 10 = . d) 4.9 = 49 ÷
c) . = 18 ÷ 100 f) 0 ÷ 100 =
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b) Bella divides a number by 100 and gets 0.07. What does Bella get
if she divides her number by 10?
Reflect
Explain the link between dividing a number by 10 and dividing the same
number by 100.
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My journal
1 How many different numbers can you make using the digit cards
below? You must use all the cards in each number you make.
• 3 4 1
2 Choose one of the numbers you have made and represent it in as many
different visual ways as possible. What is the value of these digits?
Power check
How do you feel about your work in this unit?
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Power play
• In pairs, use a spinner, like the one shown, to make a journey through
the grid.
• If you move off the grid (for example, if you spin 0.1 less or 0.01 less
on your first go), then you move back to (or stay on) 0.01 and it is your
partner’s turn.
0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10
0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.20
0.21 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30
0.1
0.31 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.40 more
0.01 0.1
0.41 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.50 less less
0.51 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.60
0.01 0.01
more more
0.01
0.61 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.66 0.67 0.68 0.69 0.70 less
0.71 0.72 0.73 0.74 0.75 0.76 0.77 0.78 0.79 0.80
0.81 0.82 0.83 0.84 0.85 0.86 0.87 0.88 0.89 0.90
0.91 0.92 0.93 0.94 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.98 0.99 1.00
Here is an example:
• On their first go, player 1 spins 0.01 more, so they count on 1 hundredth
and move to 0.02.
• On their second go, player 1 spins 0.1 more, so moves from 0.02 to 0.12.
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