Year 5 Adding Decimals – Crossing the Whole Game

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Adding Decimals – Crossing the Whole Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of adding decimals which cross the whole. Pupils will use a number line to solve the calculation, select the calculations that have been completed correctly, and break down three calculations by finding the complements to 1.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Fractions (including decimals and percentages)

Mathematics Year 5: (5F10) Solve problems involving number up to 3dp

Mathematics Year 5: (5M9a) Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [for example, length, mass, volume, money] using decimal notation, including scaling