Starter quiz
- What is the missing factor in the equation? ______ × 10 = 60
- '6' ✓
- What is the missing product in the equation? 32 × 10 = ______
- '320' ✓
- Match the numbers with those that are ten times their size.
- 4⇔40 ✓
- 12⇔120 ✓
- 36⇔360 ✓
- 23⇔230 ✓
- What is ten times the size of the number being represented by Base 10 blocks?
- '340' ✓
- What is ten times the size of the number being represented in the place value chart?
- '470' ✓
- What is ten times the size of the number being represented using place value counters?
- '540' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is one tenth times the size of 40?
- '4' ✓
- The Base 10 blocks represent a number. What is one tenth times the size of the number shown?
- '5' ✓
- Match the numbers to the numbers that are one tenth times the size.
- 60⇔6 ✓
- 80⇔8 ✓
- 20⇔2 ✓
- 120⇔12 ✓
- What is the missing number in the following equation? 9 = ______ ÷ 10
- '90' ✓
- What is the missing number in the following equation? 16 = ______ ÷ 10
- '160' ✓
- True or false: To find one tenth times the size, divide by ten.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 1 is ten times smaller than 10 or one tenth the size.
- Dividing by ten makes the number ten times smaller or one tenth the size.
- Dividing by ten is the inverse of multiplying by ten.
Common misconception
One-tenth times the size may be a confusing phrase to use because pupils are used to seeing an increase when using '___ times as many'.
Ensure that children understand that a one is one-tenth times the size of a ten. Base 10 is an excellent resource for this. Then gradually increase the ones and the corresponding tens.
Keywords
Scaling - Scaling is when a given quantity is made ___ times the size.
Inverse - Inverse means the opposite in effect or the reverse of.
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