Decimals resources

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.

This practical task requires students to determine the number of different coloured beads needed to thread onto a necklace by interpreting different decimals.

Students calculate the cost of multiple CDs given the unit cost for a single CD.

Students convert decimal millions to whole numbers and whole numbers to decimal millions.

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.

Students use prices of vegetables to perform all four arithmetic operations on decimal numbers.

Students calculate the cost per kilogram of three confectionery hampers.

Students drag numerals to create decimal numbers to create the largest and smallest decimal numbers, and closest decimal numbers to given whole numbers.

Students identify the largest weight of cuts of meat, and convert kilograms into grams.