Step 4 Objective
Compare and order a mixed set of numbers or measurements with up to three decimal places.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Probing questions
What do you look for first when you are ordering numbers with decimals?
Which part of each number do you look at to help you?
Which numbers are the hardest to put in order? Why?
Give me a number between 3.12 and 3.17. Which of the two numbers is it closer to? How do you know?
What do you do when numbers have the same digit in the same place?