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Decimals: multiplying and dividing decimal numbers

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for deepening understanding of decimal numbers, from understanding thousandths and numbers to three decimal places, to multiplying and dividing decimals by integers, and converting between fractions and decimals.

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Year level(s)	Year 5, Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	partition, integers, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Decimals, Fractions, Multiplication and division
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M5N01 Interpret, compare and order numbers with more than 2 decimal places, including numbers greater than one, using place value understanding; represent these on a number line 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
Numeracy progression	Number and place value (P8, P9) Multiplicative strategies (P9)
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