Decimal - Divide Decimals by Integers - Worksheet

The worksheet titled "Divide Decimals by Integers" is designed to enhance the mathematical fluency and precision of Year 6 students. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is to use written division methods for problems where the answer has up to two decimal places. Students are provided with differentiated sheets and teaching slides to facilitate learning. The key vocabulary for the lesson includes terms such as decimals, place value, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, divide, exchanges, sharing, grouping, and partition. Students use concrete resources to divide decimals and explore exchanges during the process, building on their prior knowledge of sharing and grouping in division.

The worksheet poses key questions to encourage critical thinking, such as determining whether the division is an act of grouping or sharing and exploring different ways to partition numbers like 3.69. Students are tasked with dividing decimals by 2 and 3, using both sharing and grouping methods, with the aid of a place value chart. For deeper understanding, students cut out methods and place them in their books, completing place value charts and showing their work. The worksheet also includes reasoning and problem-solving activities, where students are encouraged to create and solve their own decimal word problems using a part-whole model. Additionally, they critique the division strategies used by a character named Malachi, applying their knowledge to correct his mistakes and complete divisions using given clues.