YEAR 6

DECIMALS

• To seperate the whole number part and the fractional part of a number, we
use a decimal point (.) .

Hundreds Tens Units Decimal Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

Point

100 10 1 . 1 1 1
10 100 1000

DECIMAL WHOLE NUMBER DECIMAL FRACTION

Ex : Write down the place value of “5” in each of these numbers :

a. 384.59 1 5
5× =
10 10

b. 863.753

c. 3584.46

d. 78.3954

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Expanded Form :

Ex: Write the number 37.802 in expanded form :

37.802

𝟏 𝟏
(𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎) + (𝟕 × 𝟏) + (𝟖 × ) + (𝟐 × )
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎

Ex : a. Write the number 5.089 in expanded form.

𝟏 𝟏
b. Write (𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎) + (𝟐 × 𝟏) + (𝟓 × ) + (𝟖 × ) as a decimal.
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎

Ex: Copy and complete this table.

12.034

1 1
(6 × 1000) + (4 × 10) + (2 × ) + (5 × )
10 1000

8.07

1
(2 × 1) + (7 × )
100

19.02

1 1
(4 × ) + (5 × )
100 1000

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Comparing Decimals :

Look at these pairs of numbers. In each pair, which number is the bigger?

a. 0.03 and 0.003

b. 6.812 and 6.82

c. 0.349 and 0.3495

d. 0.8 and 0.08

Ex : Write > or < in each space to make the inequality true.

a. 0.06 0.058

b. 24.923 24.913

c. 8.004 8.04

d. 6.09 6.0009

Ex : Write each group of decimals in ascending order :

a. 3.1, 3.01, 3.001, 3.15, 3.2

b. 2.93, 2.941, 2.914, 2.939

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CHANGING DECIMALS INTO FRACTIONS

Ex : Write each of these decimals as a fraction in its lowest terms.

Write down all the digits that are in

decimal places .
6
a. 0.6 =
10 The denominator will be a power of 10.
The number of zeros will be the same as
the number of decimal places.

6÷2 3
= = Cancel to reduce the fraction to its
10÷2 5 lowest terms.

b. 0.45 =

c. 0.037 =

d. 1.5 =

e. 31.03 =

f. 6.75 =

g. 7.25
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CHANGING FRACTIONS INTO DECIMALS

Ex : Write each of these fractions as a decimal.

7
a. = 0.7
10

The denominator should be 10, 100, 1000 or

another power of 10.

2 2×2 4
b. = = = 0.4
5 5×2 10

Make the denominator

10 or a power of 10.

7 3
c. = g. 18 =
20

3 7
d. = h. 4 50 =
4

23 9
e. = i. =
1000 250

1 1
f. 2 = j. 1 =
25 2
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RECURRING DECIMALS

Sometimes when you change a fraction into a decimal by dividing the

numerator by the denominator, the digits after the decimal point make a
pattern of digits that recurs. These decimels are called recurring decimals.

.
We use the symbol “ ” to show that a digit recurs.

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Ex : Divide the numerator by the denominator to
3
change it into a decimal.

0.3333.....
3 recurs. So put a single dot
3 10 above it.
9
10
9 ANSWER : 0. 3̇
10
9
1...............

Ex: Write each of these fractions as recurring decimal.

5 4
a. b.
6 11

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ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF DECIMALS:

Ex: Add 25.6 + 2.58 + 32 Ex: Subtract: 123.5 – 75.325

PROBLEMS :

1. I spent £2.47 + £6 + £1.50 + £1.27 . I gave the shopkeeper £15.00.

a. Work out how much I spent.

b. Calculate my change.

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2. Ann goes to the market. She comes home with 2.5kg of potatoes, 0.5kg of
grapes, 0.75kg of fish and 0.6kg of onions. What is the total weight of her
shopping?

3. Fred has a plank of wood 10m long. He cuts three pieces from the plank,
measuring 0.95m, 1.67m and 2.5m. How many metres of wood remain?

4. Simone is 0.15m shorter than Kai. Kai is 1.7m tall. How tall is Simone?

5. Swimmer A finishes a race in 51.371 seconds. Swimmer B finishes in

52.090 seconds. What is the difference in the times of these two swimmers?

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MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS

Ex : 1.752 x 0.23

Remove the decimal points to make new whole numbers.

1752
x 23
5256
+ 3504
40296 Count the total number of decimal places in the
given numbers and then write the decimal point so
that the answer has the same total number of
decimal places.

1.752 has 3 decimal places,

1.752 x 0.23 = 0.40296 0.23 has 2 decimal places.
So, the answer must have 5 decimal places.

Ex : Work out 4.25 x 0.18

DIVISION OF DECIMALS

Ex : 2.345 ÷ 0.05

Multiply the dividing number by a power of 10 so that it becomes a

whole number. Multiply the number to be divided by the same
power of 10.
2. 3 4 .5 ÷ 0. 0 5 = 234.5 ÷ 5

46.9
5 234.5
- 20
34
- 30
45
- 45
0

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Ex : Work out these :

a. 5.196 ÷ 0.24 b. 6 ÷ 0.12

PROBLEMS :

1. What is the cost of 4.5 metres of linen at $2.24 a metre?

2. Here is a list of prices for 1 kg of different cheeses in a shop in Sheffield,

England.

CHEDDAR BRIE DERBY STILTON

£3.20 £5.20 £3.25 £6.20

Work out the cost of each of these pieces of cheese.

a. 0.7 kg of Stilton b. 1.6 kg of Cheddar

c. 0.8 kg of Derby d. 0.45 kg of Brie

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3. 25 litres of petrol cost $16.70. What is the cost of 1 litre of petrol?

4. 1.2 kg of chicken cost $4.32. What is the price of 1 kg of chicken?

5. A piece of wood is 12.73 metres long. I cut this wood into smaller pieces of
0.19 metres long. How many small pieces can I cut?

6. An ice cream in Paris costs €1.35.

a. How much will 10 ice creams cost?

b. How much will 100 ice creams cost?

c. How much will 1000 ice creams cost?

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7. a. 100 calculators cost $7.95. How much does one calculator cost?

b. 1000 pencils cost $1.20. How much does one pencil cost?

c. 10 litres of petrol cost $6.69. How much does 1 litre cost?

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