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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 content descriptions	ACMNA104 Recognise that the place value system can be extended beyond hundredths ACMNA129 Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies ACMNA130 Multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10
National numeracy learning progression	Operating with decimals - OwD3, OwD4 Multiplicative strategies Interpreting fractions
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