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Decimal_Place_Value_Lesson

The document outlines lesson objectives focused on understanding decimal place value and comparing decimals. It includes activities such as expanded form exercises, hands-on activities with place value grids, and real-life connections to money. Key questions guide the learning process, helping students grasp the significance of each digit in decimal numbers.

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Decimal_Place_Value_Lesson

The document outlines lesson objectives focused on understanding decimal place value and comparing decimals. It includes activities such as expanded form exercises, hands-on activities with place value grids, and real-life connections to money. Key questions guide the learning process, helping students grasp the significance of each digit in decimal numbers.

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Lesson Objectives & Key Questions

• • What does each digit in a decimal number


represent?
• • How many tenths/hundredths/thousandths
are in 1 whole?
• • Which is greater: 0.3 or 0.14?
• • Learning Objective: Understand decimal
place value and compare decimals.
Decimal Place Value Introduction
• • A decimal number has place values just like
whole numbers.
• • Example: 4.36 → 4 is in the ones place, 3 in
the tenths, 6 in the hundredths.
• • Place Value Chart:
• Hundreds | Tens | Ones | . | Tenths |
Hundredths | Thousandths
Expanded Form Drag-and-Drop
Exercise
• • Example: 4.206 = 4 + 0.2 + 0.006
• • Match each decimal to its correct expanded
form:
• - 0.35 = ?
• - 7.409 = ?
Hands-on Activity: Place Value Grid
& Counters
• • Use place value grids and counters to
represent decimals.
• • Example: 0.34 → 3 counters in tenths, 4 in
hundredths.
• • Sentence Stem: 'There are ___ tenths and
___ hundredths in 0.34'
Comparing Decimals with Number
Lines
• • Use a number line to compare decimals.
• • Example: Mark 0.3 and 0.14 → Which is
greater?
• • Misconception: Some students think 0.14 >
0.3 (fix using visuals).
Real-Life Connection: Money &
Measurement
• • £1, 10p, 1p as decimals: How does money
show decimals?
• • Comparing prices: Which is more expensive,
£0.30 or £0.14?
• • Sentence Stem: '___ is 10 times bigger than
___'
Quick Review & Exit Ticket
• • What is the value of the digit 6 in 4.67?
• • Which is greater: 0.5 or 0.49?
• • Fill in the blanks: 'There are ___ tenths, ___
hundredths in 0.478'

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