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Splitting powers of ten; scaling known facts

Year 6 · Upper Key Stage 2 · 6NPV-4, 6NF-1 — Divide powers of 10 into 2, 4, 5 and 10 parts; apply place value to known facts

Draft — awaiting teacher review

Builds on: Decimals on the number line; splitting 1 (Year 5), Times tables with decimals; scaling by 10 and 100 (Year 5)

I

Concept Anchor

Halves, quarters, fifths and tenths of 1 are 0.5, 0.25, 0.2 and 0.1. The same pattern works for 10, 100, 1,000 and beyond.

Worked example

10,000 split into 4 equal parts.

  1. 1.A quarter of 1 is 0.25.
  2. 2.A quarter of 10,000 is 0.25 × 10,000.
  3. 3.That is 2,500.
II

Guided Check

6+9=156 + 9 = 15. What is 600+900600 + 900?

    III

    Independent Diagnostic Practice

    Q1Year 66NPV-4 — Divide 10,000 into 4 parts·Fluency·●○○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    10,000 is split into 4 equal parts. How big is each part?

    Q2Year 66NPV-4 — Divide 1 million into 5 parts·Reasoning·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    One million is shared equally into 5 parts. How much is each part?

    Q3Year 66NF-1 — Use a fact with tenths·Problem Solving·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    8+7=158 + 7 = 15. So what is 0.8+0.70.8 + 0.7?