Year 5 Adding Decimals – Crossing the Whole Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Adding Decimals – Crossing the Whole Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of adding decimals where the total crosses the whole. Pupils will calculate the missing numbers using their knowledge of complements to 1 and adding decimals.

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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