• Curriculum

Decimal fractions

Unit 1 – 5 weeks

The PowerPoint file contains slides you can use in the classroom to support each of the learning outcomes for this unit, listed below.

The slides are comprehensively linked to associated pedagogical guidance in theĀ NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials. There are also links to the ready-to-progress criteria detailed in theĀ DfE Primary Mathematics Guidance 2020.

Learning outcomes

# Title
1 Pupils identify tenths as part of a whole
2 Pupils describe and represent tenths as a decimal fraction
3 Pupils count in tenths in different ways
4 Pupils describe and write decimal numbers with tenths in different ways
5 Pupils compare and order decimal numbers with tenths
6 Pupils explain that decimal numbers with tenths can be composed additively
7 Pupils explain that decimal numbers with tenths can be composed multiplicatively
8 Pupils use their knowledge to calculate with decimal numbers within and across one whole
9 Pupils use their knowledge to calculate with decimal numbers using mental methods
10 Pupils use their knowledge to calculate with decimal numbers using column addition and subtraction
11 Pupils use representations to round a decimal number with tenths to the nearest whole number
12 Pupils identify hundredths as part of a whole
13 Pupils describe and represent hundredths as a decimal fraction
14 Pupils describe and write decimals numbers with hundredths in different ways
15 Pupils compare and order decimal numbers with hundredths
16 Pupils explain that decimal numbers with hundredths can be partitioned in different ways
17 Pupils use their knowledge of decimal place value to convert between and compare metres and centimetres
18 Pupils explain that different lengths can be composed additively and multiplicatively
19 Pupils use their knowledge of decimal place value to solve problems in different contexts
20 Pupils use their knowledge to calculate with decimal numbers up to and bridging one tenth
21 Pupils use their knowledge to calculate with decimal numbers using column addition and subtraction
22 Pupils round a decimal number with hundredths to the nearest tenth
23 Pupils round a decimal number with hundredths to the nearest whole number
24 Pupils read and write numbers with up to 3 decimal places
25 Pupils compare and order numbers with up to 3 decimal places

Phase

  • Primary
  • KS2
  • Year 5
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