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Rounding decimals
This resource guides and supports the teacher to explicitly teach rounding decimals with accompanying examples with solutions to talk through collaboratively. Students have resources to guide their understanding of rounding decimals. They have a series of examples presented with solutions and rounding decimal questions to complete and check their answers.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher, Student |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Evidence-based approaches, Student task, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Collaborative learning |
| Keywords | rounding, decimals, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Decimals, Money and financial mathematics |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7N05
Round decimals to a given accuracy appropriate to the context and use appropriate rounding and estimation to check the reasonableness of solutions |
| Numeracy progression |
Number and place value (P9)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © Education Services Australia. Free-for-education material. |
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