Count tenths in different ways | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

The dot that sits on a place value chart between the whole numbers and tenths is called __________.
- a decimal
- a decimal point ✓
- a dividing point
One tenth the size of one is __________.
- zero
- one tenth ✓
- one ten
- one hundred
Look at the number. What does the six represent?
- 6 tenths ✓
- 6 ones
- 6 tens
- 6 decimals
Write seven tenths as a decimal number.
- '0.7' ✓
Ten tenths are equivalent to ______.
- 'one' ✓
Match the pictures to the correct value.
- A
  
  ⇔
  
  0.4 ✓
- B
  
  ⇔
  
  0.1 ✓
- C
  
  ⇔
  
  0.9 ✓
- D
  
  ⇔
  
  0.6 ✓

Write zero point four as a decimal number.
- '0.4' ✓
Look at the number line. What number is missing?
- '0.8' ✓
Write, in words, one other way that 0.7 could be represented.
- 'zero point seven' ✓
Which description of the image is incorrect?
- sixteen tenths
- one point six
- one whole and six tenths
- zero point sixteen ✓
Write, as a decimal number, what this Gattegno chart represents.
- '1.7' ✓
The arrow is pointing to ______ tenths.
- '13' ✓

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Recording ten tenths as 0.10 rather than 1 or 1.0

Be sure to address this regularly with pupils whilst counting. Demonstrate the regrouping using place value counters to help.

Decimal number - A decimal number has a decimal point followed by digits that show the fractional part.
Decimal point - A decimal point is a small dot used in a number to separate the whole number from the fractional part.