Step 4 Objective
Understand and use decimal notation and place value.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
Use number lines to show that 0.1 is equivalent to 1/10 (one tenth) or 10 hundredths and that 0.01 is equivalent to one hundredth.
A common mistake is for pupils to read the number 5.239 as 'five point two hundred and thirty-nine'.
Use Moving Digits ITP - Zip file (457Kb) to change between fractions, decimals, and place value to make appropriate links.