Decimals - Tenths as Decimals - Starter

As part of the Spring Term curriculum for Year 4, Week 9, Day 3 focuses on understanding tenths as decimals. The lesson starts with a 'Fluent in Four' revision section, which is designed to consolidate the pupils' knowledge through quick-fire questions. The activities include shading parts of a grid to represent tenths and hundredths, with four and seven rows respectively, to visualise the concept of fractions and their decimal equivalents. This visual approach helps students to see the relationship between fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 and their corresponding decimal forms.

The lesson also incorporates a variety of mathematical exercises to test and improve the students' fluency in arithmetic. Pupils are tasked with completing a table of multiplication and division problems, such as '4 x 9' and '16 ÷ 4', to reinforce their understanding of basic operations. Additionally, they are challenged to identify a 3D shape from a given net, with the correct answer being a cuboid. These exercises are not only aimed at practising decimal conversion but also at enhancing the pupils' overall numeracy skills, including multiplication, division, and spatial awareness.