Decimals resources

Using place value blocks students demonstrate their ability to explain the meaning of digits in decimal numbers up to 3 decimal places.

Students order whole and decimal numbers from smallest to largest.

Students calculate the cost of a set of books given unit prices for an individual book.

Students solve problems involving money by finding the total spent and the change from a given amount.

Students interpret a table of distances for a long jump competition, written to two decimal places, finding the longest and shortest jumps and ordering sets of three numbers.

Students calculate addition and subtraction problems, written in decimal form, for city populations.

Students work out the difference in distances of throws and jumps of various athletic events.

Students identify decimal numbers on a number line.

Students work out the cost and the weights of buying several bags of flour.

Students use addition and subtraction to work out costs related to the purchase of grocery items.

Students select and then write the appropriate words for numbers in decimal form.

For this NEMP task students interpret a table of Olympic 1500-metre times, identifying fastest and slowest times.

This practical task requires students to order numbers with 2 decimal places from smallest to largest using digit cards. New numbers with 2 decimal places are then created with the digit cards.

Students calculate the cost of several cans of soft drinks, the maximum number bought for a given cost, and the change given after buying several cans.

This task requires students to write down decimal numbers that are read out to them.

Students order a set of student's weights from lightest to heaviest and identify the three students needed to equal a given weight total.

Students state temperatures to the nearest tenth degree, between two given temperatures. They also order a set of temperatures from coldest to warmest.

Students use addition and subtraction to calculate temperatures over periods of time.

Students interpret scores from a gymnastics competition, written to two decimal places, finding the lowest and highest scores and ordering sets of four numbers.

Students answer questions about total cost, cheapest, most expensive, and the maximum number of books that can be bought. Book prices are decimal numbers.

Students order the heights of the netball players, measured in decimal numbers, from tallest to shortest.

Using given times for sprinting and given weights of fish, students order the decimal numbers to give the fastest three times and the three heaviest fish.

Students use addition and subtraction to calculate the changing balance in a students back account.

Using a set unit cost students find total costs for given quantities, and find the quantity for a given total cost.

In this practical task students use play money to show fractions of dollar amounts involving decimals.