Decimal place value (age 8+)
Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places
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“If your child is comparing two prices — £4.75 and £4.57 — can they tell you which is more expensive without using a calculator?”
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- Activity. Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places
What to notice. Order 0.45, 0.54, 0.39 from smallest to largest • Compare 3.72 and 3.27 using place-value reasoning • Place three two-decimal-place numbers on a number line in order
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If your child is comparing two prices — £4.75 and £4.57 — can they tell you which is more expensive without using a calculator?
Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places
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- Order 0.45, 0.54, 0.39 from smallest to largest
- Compare 3.72 and 3.27 using place-value reasoning
- Place three two-decimal-place numbers on a number line in order
“If your child is comparing two prices — £4.75 and £4.57 — can they tell you which is more expensive without using a calculator?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–9