Year 4 Tenths, Hundredths and Money: lesson and practice

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

• Write tenths and hundredths as fractions and as decimals, and know what each digit is worth
• Use place-value charts, hundred squares and number lines to show decimals with up to two decimal places
• Write 1/2, 1/4 and 3/4 as the decimals 0.5, 0.25 and 0.75
• Count up and down in tenths and hundredths, including across a whole number
• Divide one- and two-digit numbers by 10 and 100 by moving the digits to the right
• Compare and order decimals, and round a decimal with one decimal place to the nearest whole number
• Write amounts of money in pounds and pence, change between £ and p, and compare money
• Add, subtract, multiply and share money, work out change, and solve simple measure problems with decimals

You should already know

• Tenths and hundredths as fractions (Chapter 5)
• Place value of whole numbers and rounding to the nearest 10 (Chapter 1)
• Adding and subtracting with columns (Chapter 2)
• Times tables and multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 (Chapters 3 and 4)

Where this leads

• Converting units of length, mass and capacity (Chapter 7)
• Decimals with three places and percentages in Year 5
• Adding and subtracting decimals with more digits in Year 5
• Multiplying and dividing decimals in Year 6