Make learning about decimals fun with this Year 5 Efficeint Strategies for Adding and Subtracting Decimals practical activity. Children work in pairs to generate numbers using playing cards and then complete the calculations. Place value charts and counters are used to ensure that children are confident in understanding the value of each digit.

This activity is a great way for pupils to use concrete resources before progressing on to more abstract methods. Children are able to lead this activity independently once it is introduced or it may be used as part of an intervention group.

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