Decimals Knowledge Organiser

Key Vocabulary Place Value Fractions to

Decimals
decimal place ×5

Tens Ones tenths hundredths thousandths 7 = 35 or 0.35

decimal fraction 20 100
1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 ×5
×4
recurring decimal 0.001 0.001 7 = 28 or 0.28
25 100
×4
equivalent fraction ×2

4 2 6 7 = 14 or 0.14
tenth 3 + 10 + 100 + 1000 3.426 3 + 0.4 + 0.02 + 0.006 50 100
×2
÷2
sharing 8 = 4 or 0.04
200 100
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
partitioning ÷2
When the denominator is not
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 a factor or multiple of 100
exchanging 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 7
=7÷8
8

rounding to 3d.p. 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.008 0.009 0 8 7 5
7 6 4
8 7 0 0 0

hundredth
Dividing Decimals by Integers
thousandth
6.93 ÷ 3 = 2.31
equal to 8.12 ÷ 4 Ones tenths hundredths
0.1 0.1 0.1
remainder 1 1 0.01

2 0 3
grouping 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01

4 8 1 2
1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01

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Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 Decimal Numbers as Fractions
Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones tenths hundredths thousandths 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

2 0 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
× 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 0 8
÷ 10 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2 0 8 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones tenths hundredths thousandths
1 2 1 3 4
4 3 5 5 5 2 5 5
× 100
4 3 5 0
÷ 100
4 3 5

Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones tenths hundredths thousandths

1 3 5 1
× 1000
1 3 5 1
÷ 1000 1 50 1 25 1
= 0.01 = = 0.5 = = 0.25
1 3 5 1 100 100 2 100 4

Multiplying Decimals by Integers

3.21 × 3 = 9.63
3 4 5 Ones tenths hundredths

× 3
1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.01
75 3 20 1
= = 0.75 = = 0.2
100 4 100 5
1 0 3 5 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.01

1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.01
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3 8 1000