Year 4 mathematics worksheet: tenths of rectangles

A good way of working with decimals is the use of shapes that are divided into ten equal parts. The form is a single whole and each part is a tenth, which can be written as 0.1.

This page has a selection of shapes and asks the child to write down the amount that is gray. When all parts of a shape are shady this counts as ten tenths, or entire one.

While the printed pages almost always display the decimal point located on the line most schools show like half way up the line: the main thing is that it appears clear.

This page can be found in our year 4 mathematics worksheets in Counting the number and category.

Tenths of rectangles (1)

Year 6 maths worksheet: Equivalent fractions

Insight into equivalent fractions is the core of understand how fractions work. Much work needs to be done in previous years to show that fractions such as 1/2 and 2/4 have the same value. This is usually done by colors or shading parts of rectangles, circles.

Two fractions that are equal in value that we say are are equivalent.

2/5 is equal to 4/10 which is equivalent to 40/100.

If we start with a group and both the numerator (top number) as the denominator (bottom number) multiplied by the same number remains the break with the same value. The same goes with Division, but not add or subtract.

This makes multiplying fractions much easier than adding or subtracting from them.

Equivalent fractions (pg 1)

Know Division facts: year 5 maths worksheet

There is no doubt that most children find Division harder than multiplication, but there is little real reason for this to be so. Most Division questions can be turned on their head be made to look like multiplication. For Example:

30 ÷ 5 =??  can be considered as 5 times what number makes 30?

?? ÷ 6 = 7 can be considered as 6 times 7.

60 ÷?? = 10 can be considered as 10 60 times what number makes?

The key to success with Division is a really good knowledge of times tables.

This worksheet looks on this species Division question, all with simple numbers and no waste and is a good assessment sheet to see if Division is understood and tables known.

This can be found in our category year 5 know number facts.

Know Division facts (1)

Year 3 Mathematics worksheet: time and calendars

An aspect to learn over time that is often neglected is the use of a calendar. They don't need any explanation for children who do not come across them before and they come in different formats. The month appears in this spreadsheet starts the week on Monday, although many start on Sunday. It may seem puzzling to children as to why there are some ' empty ' days at the beginning of the first week so it's a good idea to have a calendar with available all year.

This can lead to much discussion, such as the number of days in each month, why birthdays on any other day of the week every year etc.

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