Decimals - Making a Whole - Starter

In a mathematics session tailored for Year 4 students during the Summer Term, the class delves into the topic of decimals with a focus on making a whole. The 'Fluent in Four' revision segment challenges students to perform subtraction with large numbers, specifically instructing them to subtract eight hundreds and ninety-seven ones from a number composed of seven thousands, thirty-eight tens, and two ones. Students are also tasked to use comparison symbols to complete sentence stems, fostering their understanding of numerical order and size relationships.

Further activities include a visual and numerical analysis where students must determine how much larger or smaller one shape is compared to another. This exercise is designed to enhance their spatial awareness and ability to quantify differences. Additionally, the lesson features a table completion exercise that requires students to match image words with their corresponding fraction and decimal forms, such as converting 'seven tenths' to 0.7 and 'three tenths' to 0.3. The session concludes with a diagram representing a subtraction calculation, which students are expected to interpret and solve, thereby reinforcing their arithmetic skills and understanding of the decimal system.