Decimal Fraction Material 1

• A beechwood storage box with lid
• 1 set of small plywood cards, including 9 units, 9 tens, 9 hundreds and 3 thousands.
• 1 set of plywood decimal number cards from 1 to 0.00009
• A collection of colour-coded beechwood cubes to represent hierarchical values

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Created to support the learning of various mathematical operations with the Decimal Fraction Board, children will have the opportunity to investigate both decimal and whole numbers.

These investigations introduce children to the idea that whole numbers can be divided up into smaller parts, introducing the idea and language of decimals, fractions and percentages.