Recognising and comparing decimal numbers
In this lesson, students learn about place value and how it extends beyond whole numbers. They use decimal notation to name and represent decimals and use materials to model decimals. These models help students to order and compare decimals that include tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 4
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Number
- Topic
- Decimals Place value
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M4N01
- Numeracy progression
- Number and place value (P7) Counting processes (P8) Interpreting fractions (P5) Understanding units of measurement (P8)
- Publisher
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Copyright
- © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Keywords
- place value
- Other terms
- Maths Hub lesson plan
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