Description
Complete different tasks at the farm with every correct answer, from planting seeds to growing and collecting fruit, fixing tractors and mending fences. A farmer’s work is never done!
This version of the game challenges students to round decimal numbers to the nearest hundredth. As they answer each question correctly, they complete various tasks around the farm, using their decimal knowledge to earn points and progress. From checking crop weights to fuel amounts, students apply real-world rounding skills to help the farm run smoothly.
Let’s Farm: Rounding Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth provides purposeful maths practice in a playful farm setting, helping learners develop confidence in decimal concepts while staying engaged through hands-on virtual tasks.
Key Learning Outcomes
- ✅ Round decimal numbers (up to three decimal places) to the nearest hundredth
- ✅ Apply understanding of place value to rounding scenarios
- ✅ Strengthen estimation and reasoning skills when working with decimals
- ✅ Complete interactive, farm-themed tasks using mathematical strategies
How to Play
- Students choose a character and begin helping out on the farm.
- Each task is introduced with a decimal rounding question to the nearest hundredth.
- Correct answers allow students to complete a farm chore and earn points.
- Progress is shown through the completion of various visual tasks and animations.
- The game ends when all farm tasks are completed or the round timer finishes.
Ideas for Classroom Use
- 💡 Use as part of a decimals revision block in upper primary maths sessions.
- 💡 Integrate into rotations to target rounding strategies with a practical context.
- 💡 Have students record their rounding process on mini whiteboards during gameplay to support working-out visibility.
- 💡 Connect to real-life contexts by comparing the game’s farm tasks to measurement and estimation in agriculture.
Top Teacher Tips
- 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
- 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
- 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task
Let’s Farm: Rounding Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth combines curriculum-aligned maths with meaningful, immersive gameplay that brings rounding to life through purposeful, task-based learning.
Additional information
Australian Curriculum Code | AC9M6N08 |
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Australian Curriculum V9
F - 6
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