Introduction to decimals
Tenths and hundredths — what 0.5 and 1.25 mean. Decimal point, reading, comparing and rounding, plus adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals.
Available exercises
Divide a decimal by a decimal
Divide one decimal by another. The trick: shift the decimal point the same number of places to the right in both numbers — that turns the divisor into a whole number and you divide as usual.
Word problems with decimals
Everyday shopping problems with decimal prices.
Multi-step word problems
Problems you solve in two or three steps.
📚 Want to learn more?
- Decimals — introduction
- Tenths, hundredths and place value
- Decimals on a number line
- Comparing decimals
- Decimals as fractions
- Adding and subtracting decimals
- Multiplying, dividing and rounding decimals
- For parents
- Recurring vs terminating decimals (grade 7)
- Word problems with decimals — shopping and money
- Multi-step problems — organising the working
- Word problems — Year 6 introduction