This purposeful set of worksheets focuses on helping students apply their understanding of decimals in real-world contexts, such as money and measurements. Through comparing, writing, and solving decimal-based problems, students will develop key skills in decimal place value, comparison, and interpretation.

How to Complete:

1. Section 1: Compare the Prices and Measurements

Students compare pairs of decimals using the correct comparison symbol.

2. Section 2 & 3: Write the Decimal

First, students are provided with a list of decimals written in word form. They convert these word forms into numerical decimals. Then, students are given decimals in numerical form and are required to write them in word form, ensuring they use correct terminology for both money and measurements.

3. Section 4: Complete the Word Problems

Students solve real-world word problems involving comparisons of decimals in different contexts. They determine which value is greater and explain their reasoning based on their understanding of decimal place value.

Additional Tips:

1. Encourage students to use a place value chart if needed, to better visualise tenths and hundredths.
2. When solving the word problems, prompt students to explain their thinking clearly, focusing on how they used decimal place value to find their answers.
3. Use this worksheet as a follow-up activity after a hands-on decimal comparison game or a class discussion about decimals in real life.

Extension Ideas

1. Create Your Own Word Problems: Have students write their own word problems using decimals in money or measurement contexts, then exchange them with a partner to solve.
2. Decimal Number Line: Challenge students to place some of the decimals from the worksheet on a number line to visualise their relative sizes.

This resource is part of our Year 4 Maths Unit: Decimals Tenths & Hundredths.