Decimals: Adding and subtracting

In this lesson, students learn about place value and how it extends beyond whole numbers. Students play a board game that draws on their knowledge of adding decimals to tenths, hundredths and thousandths with and without regrouping.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords	hundredths, tenths, thousandths, place value, Maths Hub lesson plan
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number, Measurement
Topics	Decimals, Place value
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N04 Apply knowledge of place value to add and subtract decimals, using digital tools where appropriate; use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers AC9M6N06 Multiply and divide decimals by multiples of powers of 10 without a calculator, applying knowledge of place value and proficiency with multiplication facts; using estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers AC9M6M01 Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem
Numeracy progression	Number and place value (P8, P9) Additive strategies (P9) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Understanding units of measurement (P8)
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