Thursday, 20 September 2012

Weds 26th - Writing more decimals as fractions

LEARNING OBJECTIVE; Discover how to write any decimal number as a fraction
SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to write any decimal as a fraction

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: Get out your cards from Period 1 and in pairs test each other on the fraction and decimals we looked at

LESSON: Write some decimals on board and remind students of H T U.t h th so they are aware of when a decimal is a tennth, or a hundreth or a thousandth.

Show ho to write decimals such as 0.45 as a decimal 45/100  etc - lots of examples

Give them 20 to convert themselves

PLENARY: Checking answers, student feedback.

If time look at some equivalent fractions - eg 50/100 = 1/2...

Give them some simple decimals to convert to fractions and then simplify to an equivalent fraction

Play this game


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