Max Maths, Year 5, Learn together, Review of decimals (1)

In the "Max Maths, Year 5" curriculum, students revisit the concept of decimals through a visual and interactive approach. The lesson begins with a simple square that is divided into 10 equal parts to help students recall the basics of fractions and decimals. When one of these ten parts is coloured, it represents one-tenth of the whole square. This fraction, 1/10, is then translated into decimal form as 0.1, which is read aloud as 'zero point one'. The exercise provides a clear visual representation to aid understanding of how fractions are expressed as decimals.

Moving on to smaller divisions, another square is split into 100 equal sections. When just one of these sections is highlighted in green, it illustrates 1/100 of the square. This fraction is equivalent to the decimal 0.01, pronounced 'zero point zero one'. To further cement the concept, a scenario is presented where six of the hundred parts are coloured pink. This visualises the fraction 6/100, which is then converted into the decimal 0.06, read as 'zero point zero six'. These exercises are designed to help Year 5 students grasp the basics of decimal notation and understand how to read and write decimals corresponding to simple fractions.