Lesson Three – Decimal Grids
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to complete grids to illustrate how different decimal numbers to one, two and three places can be multiplied by ten, one thousand and one hundred to make some matching products.
The class can also devise some example grids to show how each of the digits in decimal numbers can change their place value when multiplied.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to complete grids to illustrate and record how different decimal numbers to one, two and three places can be multiplied by ten, one thousand and one hundred to make some matching products
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of templates to record how to multiply different one place decimal numbers for support ability levels, two place decimal numbers for core ability levels and three place decimal numbers for extension ability levels by ten, one hundred and one thousand.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to complete grids to show how different decimal numbers can be multiplied by ten, one thousand and one hundred.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to identify and record changes to place value when multiplying and dividing decimals and whole numbers by ten, one hundred and one thousand. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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