Decimal Number Line Reasoning
Number & Place Value
Year 5
Curriculum
5NPV–3: Reason about the location of any number with up to 2 decimals places in the linear number system, including identifying the previous and next multiple of 1 and 0.1 and rounding to the nearest of each.
Enhances students' ability to estimate, calculate, and understand the relative size of decimal numbers.
Enhances students' ability to estimate, calculate, and understand the relative size of decimal numbers.
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Resources
Hugo Cheyneover 1 year ago
Shows how to round decimals using a number line, visually showing which whole number, tenth, hundredth, or thousandth is closest. Builds off intuition of rounding rules and connects rounding to the nearest place value on the number line.
Hugo Cheyneover 1 year ago
A series of videos and interactive exercises. Really clearly shows the number line and goes through placing 10ths and 100ths on it.
Hugo Cheyneover 1 year ago
A real life interactive example about working with textiles (building cushions) and how to accurately measure decimals along a number line (i.e. a ruler)
