Introducing Decimal Fraction Place Value

 Using Materials

Problem: Henry has 6 bars of chocolate to share among 5 friends. How much does each get?
A wrapped bar and a loose bar are shown:

 Henry has 6 wrapped bars. After sharing out 1 whole bar to each friend, the last bar needs to be unwrapped. Then each friend gets another two-tenths of a bar. The teacher writes 6 ÷ 5 = 1 whole + 2 tenths on the whiteboard or modelling book.

Using Materials, Using Imaging, and Using Number Properties

The teacher can select problems from the set below for any stage. When teachersmake up their own examples, they should make sure the answers are to 1 d.p.So 7 ÷ 5 = 1.4 is suitable, but 7 ÷ 4 = 1.75 is not.

Problems

8 ÷ 5 = ? wholes + ? tenths                        7 ÷ 5 = ? wholes + ? tenths

5 ÷ 2 = ? wholes + ? tenths                        2 ÷ 5 = ? wholes + ? tenths

1 ÷ 2 = ? wholes + ? tenths                        6 ÷ 4 =  ? wholes + ? tenths

4 ÷ 5 = ? wholes + ? tenths                        7 ÷ 2 =  ? wholes + ? tenths

10 ÷ 4 = ? wholes + ? tenths                      4 ÷ 10 = ? wholes + ? tenths

3 ÷ 10 = ? wholes + ? tenths                       9 ÷ 2 = ? wholes + ? tenths