Decimal & Percent Notation
Read, write, and use decimal and percentage notation correctly — decimal, decimal point, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, percentage, per cent, % symbol, convert, terminating decimal — and understand the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percentages as three ways of expressing the same value
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“If your child saw '0.5' and '50%' written down, could they explain that they both mean the same amount — and write them as a fraction too?”
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- Activity. Read, write, and use decimal and percentage notation correctly — decimal, decimal point, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, percentage, per cent, % symbol, convert, terminating decimal — and understand the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percentages as three ways of expressing the same value
What to notice. Read and write decimal numbers correctly, identifying the value of each digit (ones, tenths, hundredths) • Use the % symbol correctly and explain that per cent means 'out of 100' • Convert between simple fractions, decimals, and percentages (e.g. 1/2 = 0.5 = 50%) and explain why they are equal
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If your child saw '0.5' and '50%' written down, could they explain that they both mean the same amount — and write them as a fraction too?
Read, write, and use decimal and percentage notation correctly — decimal, decimal point, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, percentage, per cent, % symbol, convert, terminating decimal — and understand the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percentages as three ways of expressing the same value
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- Read and write decimal numbers correctly, identifying the value of each digit (ones, tenths, hundredths)
- Use the % symbol correctly and explain that per cent means 'out of 100'
- Convert between simple fractions, decimals, and percentages (e.g. 1/2 = 0.5 = 50%) and explain why they are equal
“If your child saw '0.5' and '50%' written down, could they explain that they both mean the same amount — and write them as a fraction too?”
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- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 8–11