Y6 Mathematics
This Year 6 Decimals as Fractions lesson covers the prior learning of exploring the relationship between decimals and fractions, before moving onto the main skill of converting fractions to decimals.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 6: (6F6) Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents [for example, 0.375] for a simple fraction [for example, 3/8]
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These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of exploring the relationship between decimals and fractions, before moving onto the main skill of decimals as fractions. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.
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These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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Martin show pupils how to convert between decimals and fractions in this Decimals as Fractions Video Tutorial.
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This worksheet recaps prior learning of exploring the relationship between decimals and fractions, before moving onto the main skill of converting fractions to decimals.
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This Year 5 Decimals as Fractions Matching Game checks pupils' understanding of reading and writing decimals as fractions.
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This Year 5 Decimals and Fractions Game checks pupils' understanding of reading and writing decimals as fractions with and without visual representations.
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This Decimals as Fractions supporting activities sheet contains suggestions for additional tasks you might wish to use to support pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the lesson.
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This worksheet includes differentiated varied fluency questions for pupils to practise interpreting and using negative numbers in context.
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This Year 6 Decimals as Fractions Game comprises questions designed to consolidate pupils' understanding of decimal equivalents of common fractions.
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This decimals as fractions extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the decimals as fractions lesson.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of decimals as fractions.
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This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This Decimals as Fractions Discussion Problems includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.
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This Year 6 Decimals as Fractions Maths Challenge aims to develop pupils' ability to convert between fractions and decimals.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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It’s the end of the school trip for Alex and Sophia and time for the children to head home. Pupils will need help to work out the decimal and fraction of a number of people standing at a bus stop, work out the decimal and fraction of the amount of fuel used and left in the tank of the bus, work out how much money Alex has spent both as a fraction and as a decimal and finally solve questions as part of a quiz.
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This resource is aimed at Year 6 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in Spring Block 1 Decimals. The questions are based on a selection of the same ‘small steps’ that are addressed in the block, but are presented in a different way so children can work through the pack independently and demonstrate their understanding and skills.
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This Spring week 2 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets