Module 1 Counting and understanding number
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Can I relate simple fractions to their decimal equivalents?

Example review questions

  • What is 4/10 as a decimal number?
  • What fraction is equivalent to 0.5?
  • Which of the following fractions are equivalent to 0.3?
    1/3  1/30  3/10  3/100  30/100  3/1000
  • What is three-quarters as a decimal?
  • What is 0.23 as a fraction?
  • Which number represents the yellow part of the large rectangle?
    A. 0.02  B. 0.2  C. 0.8  D. 2.8  E. 8.2
    A rectangle divided into 10 equal parts. Two parts are yellow.

Teaching guidance

This teaching guidance document suggests some of the key vocabulary, models, images and practical equipment that children should experience and be able to use. It also includes some teaching tips to provide a few starting points for ways of supporting children with this area of mathematics.

PDF file Can I relate simple fractions to their decimal equivalents? - teaching guidance | 70KB new window

Consolidation and practice

These resources are to support children in guided or independent work. Roll over the highlighted resource for a description.

PDF file How to use fractions ITP | 144KB new window

SWF file Fractions ITP | 25KB new window

XLS file Fractions, decimals, percentages converter | 60KB new window

PDF file Fractions, decimals, percentages converter guide | 192KB new window

PDF file Springboard 7, Unit 5, Sections 3 and 4 Decimals, Common fractions and decimals | 2MB new window

Fractions

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This interactive teaching program (ITP) is an ICT-based tool to support the exploration of part numbers. Fractions ITP allows the child or teacher to represent and compare fractions on fraction strips. The displayed strips can be labelled as a vulgar fraction, a decimal fraction (to three decimal places) or a percentage, and the ratio of yellow to green parts of each strip can also be displayed.

Opportunities to use and apply

Possible contexts include:

  • money, e.g. Find 1/10 of £1 and express in money notation.
  • measures, e.g. I need to cut 0.4 m of ribbon from a 1-metre length. What fraction is left?
  • use in problems, e.g:
    • I have 24 sweets in my pocket. I give Anthony 1/3 and Rose 0.25 of the 24 sweets. How many sweets do I have left?
    • Jay buys a 2-litre bottle of lemonade. He drinks 1/4 of the lemonade and spills 0.4 of it. How many millilitres are left?

Confirming learning

Ask probing questions such as:

  • Thomas has the digit cards:
    1, 5, 6, 9
    Arrange the digits to make this correct.
    An equation which consists of empty boxes for the user to fill in. It is a fraction, which equals blank point blank.
  • Kaushi says 7/10 can be written as 10.7. Oliver says it should be 0.7 and Ravi says it is 0.07.
    Which of them is correct? Can you draw a picture to help explain who is correct and why?