Tenths (age 9+)
Recognise and use thousandths; relate them to tenths, hundredths, and their decimal equivalents (e.g. 1/1000 = 0.001, 35/1000 = 0.035)
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If your child sees the decimal 0.003, can they write it as a fraction and tell you roughly where it sits on a number line between 0 and 0.01?
Recognise and use thousandths; relate them to tenths, hundredths, and their decimal equivalents (e.g. 1/1000 = 0.001, 35/1000 = 0.035)
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- Write 0.025 as 25/1000
- Explain that 1 tenth = 100 thousandths
- Place 0.345 on a number line between 0.34 and 0.35
“If your child sees the decimal 0.003, can they write it as a fraction and tell you roughly where it sits on a number line between 0 and 0.01?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 9–10