Decimals Tenths Hundredths

🔢 Decimals Tenths Hundredths

Through this chapter, students learn about decimal numbers and how to view parts of a whole differently. It builds number sense by explaining how decimals and fractions relate to one another and to place value. Understanding decimals helps children be ready for actual math used in banking, measurements, and with data. Seeing examples and diagrams of decimals makes them clearer to understand.

Decimal-Fraction Conversion

Kids learn that the tenths like 0.1 should be written as 1/10, and the hundredths like 0.01 can be written as 1/100, and the other way around. It allows students to see that decimals and fractions both represent the same thing. Practicing how to convert numbers helps make thinking more flexible and improves number understanding. Using activities like grids, money examples, or number lines can make learning conversions much more engaging and useful.

Activity Idea

Money Match-Up - Use real or play coins to show how decimals and fractions are related.

Entertainment Activities

1. Measuring Cup Math - Use cups to show ½ = 0.5, ¼ = 0.25.

2. Decimal Clothesline - Hang cards with decimals and matching fractions on a string.

3. Real Receipt Hunt - Find and match decimal prices to fractions.