Lesson One – Price Comparisons
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise subtracting different pairs of money amounts with two decimal places using formal written methods of subtraction for decomposition.
The class can explain and model how to format and structure a subtraction sum involving decimals using mental techniques to complete each step in the written calculation.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise subtracting different pairs of money amounts with two decimal places using formal written methods of subtraction for decomposition
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to select and subtract pairs of money amounts with one and two decimal places using formal decomposition methods of subtraction and a template to model how to subtract pairs of decimal numbers using a written columnar decomposition method.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to subtract pairs of money amounts with two decimal places using formal decomposition methods of subtraction.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using written calculation methods for decomposition to subtract decimal numbers using different real world contexts and abstract number values. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
-
Space Race
Explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements in the world
-
Moses
Explore and record the life and achievements of Moses from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible and his impact on the development of Christianity
-
Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip
-
Number Thousands
Compare, order and sequence different sets of four digits numbers by using the place value of their numerical digits including counting in steps of thousands