Max Maths, Year 6, Work Book, Converting fractions to decimals

The Max Maths Year 6 Workbook offers a comprehensive practice section on converting fractions to decimals. Practice 5 focuses on helping students develop the ability to convert simple fractions into decimal equivalents mentally. The exercise starts with basic fractions such as 1/2, 1/4, and 1/5, advancing to slightly more complex ones like 1/20, 1/25, and 1/50, and reaching the smallest common fractions of 1/100. Students are encouraged to perform these conversions in their heads to build fluency and understanding of the relationship between fractions and decimals.

The next part of the practice involves reversing the process, where students write given decimals as fractions. The workbook provides an example with the decimal 0.4, which is equivalent to 2/5, to guide students. They are then tasked with converting decimals such as 0.6, 0.75, 0.8, and smaller decimal values like 0.04, 0.02, and 0.03 into fraction form. Further exercises include converting fractions with numerators other than one, like 3/4, 7/10, and 99/100, to decimals. The practice also extends to converting mixed numbers to decimals, challenging students with numbers such as 2 3/4, 3 3/10, and 14 7/10, ensuring a thorough understanding of how to handle various types of numerical conversions between fractions and decimals.