Decimal - Divide Decimals by Integers - Starter

In a mathematics task aimed at Year 6 students during the Spring Term, Week 2, Day 2, children are challenged with a variety of numerical problems to enhance their understanding of decimals, division, and place value. One task requires students to perform a subtraction involving thousands, tens, and ones; for example, taking away three tens, five hundreds, and seven ones from a number comprised of seven thousands, thirty tens, and forty-two ones, resulting in an answer of 6,805. Another exercise involves multiplying a decimal by an integer, specifically 0.043 by 3, and completing a place value chart to aid in the calculation. The children are also asked to round numbers to solve problems, reinforcing their estimation skills.

Further exercises include real-world applications of mathematics, such as determining the accuracy of an estimated number of passengers on a train with two carriages, one holding 456 passengers and the other 231. The statement claiming there are approximately 500 passengers is presented as an underestimation, with the actual approximation closer to 700 passengers. Additionally, students are tasked with finding out what proportion of a book has been read by Max, who has read 57 out of 300 pages. They are instructed to express this proportion as both a percentage and a decimal, which teaches them to convert between different forms of numerical representation. In this case, the answer is found to be 19% or 0.19 when expressed as a decimal.