Step 9 Objective
Understand the effects of multiplying and dividing by numbers between 0 and 1.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do
Understand that multiplying a positive number by a number between 0 and 1 makes it smaller and that dividing it by a number between 0 and 1 makes it larger. Use this to check calculations and to estimate the order of magnitude of an answer.