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Year 4

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Use knowledge of decimals to solve problems in different contexts: length

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  • Geometry and Measure
  • Number: Multiplication and division
  • Number: Place value

This unit gives pupils the opportunity to apply their understanding of decimal place value in the context of measure, converting between metres and centimetres. They will use mental, informal and formal methods to calculate with length and include three decimal places when comparing, ordering and solving problems with length. They will then go on to apply their decimal place value understanding in the context of money.

  1. Use knowledge of decimal place value to convert between and compare metres and centimetres
  2. Explain that different lengths can be composed additively and multiplicatively
  3. Use knowledge of decimal place value to solve problems in different contexts
  4. Use knowledge of place value to calculate with decimal numbers up to and bridging one tenth
  5. Use knowledge of column addition and subtraction to calculate with decimals: tenths and hundredths
  6. Round a decimal number with hundredths to the nearest tenth
  7. Round a decimal number with hundredths to the nearest whole number
  8. Read and write numbers with up to 3 decimal places
  9. Compare and order numbers with up to 3 decimal places
  10. Solve problems with numbers with up to 3 decimal places

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