Week 1 - 2 Decimals B

National curriculum content

Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions
Count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten.
Recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths
Recognise and write decimal equivalents to ¼, ½,3/4
Find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths
Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number
Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places
Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places

Lesson objectives

What we want children to know

To understand the number system and decimal place value is extended at this stage to tenths and then hundredths
To learn decimal notation and the language associated with it, including in the context of measurements
To make comparisons and order decimal amounts and quantities that are expressed to the same number of decimal places
To be able to represent numbers with one or two decimal places in several ways, such as on number lines

What skills we want children to develop

Use knowledge to solve reasoning and problem solving questions such as:

Questioning

Three bead strings are 0.84 m long altogether.

Would four bead strings be longer or shorter than a metre?

Explain how you know.

Value of Digits

Make the numbers on a place value chart and write down the value of the underlined digit.

3.47 2.15 0.6 25.03

Comparing Statements

Compare using < or >

5.5 _____ 5.7

0.14 _____ 0.29

1 _____ 0.64

3.32 _____ 3.23

Mathematical Talk

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