Decimals

Build and connect the representations and methods in decimals.

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  • Primary 5 Foundation Mathematics 2025
  • 3 lessons

Before you begin

Build and connect the representations and methods in decimals.

Learning goals
  • Identify each decimal place count
  • Write a decimal from its place values
  • Compare decimal values
  • Order decimal values
  • Express a decimal as a fraction
  • Express a fraction as a decimal
  • Round a decimal to the requested place
  • Add decimals
  • Subtract decimals
  • Multiply a decimal by 10, 100 or 1000
  • Divide a decimal by 10, 100 or 1000
  • Express a decimal measurement in the smaller unit
  • Express a measurement as a decimal in the larger unit
Syllabus statements covered
  • notation, representations and place values (tenths, hundredths, thousandths)
  • comparing and ordering decimals
  • expressing decimals as fractions
  • expressing fractions as decimals when the denominator is a factor of 10 or 100
  • rounding decimals to • the nearest whole number • 1 decimal place • 2 decimal places
  • adding and subtracting decimals (up to 2 decimal places) without calculator
  • multiplying and dividing decimals (up to 3 decimal places) by 10,100,1000 without calculator
  • converting a measurement from a smaller unit to a larger unit in decimal form, and vice versa • kilometres and metres • metres and centimetres • kilograms and grams • litres and millilitres

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