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Decimals

Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on decimals and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years....

Decimals

This resource contains four instant maths ideas covering: * the usefulness of a number line when understanding decimals * working out numbers that occur in between two other decimals which can be extended to look at finding values that lie between two fractions by converting to decimals * asking the class to count...

Decimals

Connect 4: this activity requires students to choose a question and use their skill of adding and subtracting decimals to answer the question. Player one answers their question then finds, and shades in with one colour, the answer on the answer grid. Player two then takes their turn, shading their...

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Decimals 1

This resource consists of thirteen work cards each requiring students to investigate some aspect of the use of decimals. Associated with each card is a student help sheet and comprehensive teacher notes detailing assumed knowledge for each task, the purpose of the...

Decimals 2

From the Nuffield Foundation, this module focuses on the use of decimals in multiplication and division and then on applications which include averages, speed calculations and rounding.

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This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Part of 'Understanding maths', a series of seven learning workbooks designed for children at Key Stage 2, this book focuses on decimals and percentages. It features exercises which help develop an understanding of...

Decimals and their equivalent fractions

This resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, explores the misconception that decimals and fractions are different types of numbers. It illustrates how to write a decimal value as a fraction, as well as how, by using division, most fractions can be expressed with denominators of 10, 100 or...

Decimals Forever

This video from Teachers TV observes mathematics teacher Jonny Heeley as he inspires a group of gifted and talented Year Six students with an interactive lesson on decimals.

Terminating and recurring decimals are explored using a variety of games and challenges to excite and entertain. The students are...