Decimals and

percentages
Year 7- Blue
Lesson 1 outline
• Do Now
• Group activity-
Do Now
1) What is the HCF of: 2) Simplify these fractions

6
a) 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 16 a)
24

10
b) 12 𝑎𝑛𝑑 36 b)
18

c) 15 𝑎𝑛𝑑 21 c)
35
45

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Challenge: Simplify
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Introduction to decimals
Everyday uses Everyday uses
of fractions of decimals
 Group Activity
If a unit of blocks equal 1,

What is the value of a rod?

What is the value of a flat?

What is the value of a cube?

Represent 1322
Flat Rod Unit of
block
Cube
 𝟏𝟑𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 + 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎 + 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟐 × 𝟏

Thousands Hundreds Tens units

 𝟏 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
thousands

units
tens
hundreds
thousands hundreds tens units

1 3 2 2
 Group Activity
If a flat represents a whole,

What is the value of a rod?

What is the value of a unit

of block?

What is the value of a cube?

Flat Rod Unit of Represent 13.4

block
Cube
 𝟏
𝟏𝟑. 𝟒 = 𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎 + 𝟑 × 𝟏 + 𝟒 ×
𝟏𝟎

tens units Tenths

 𝟏 𝟑 .𝟒

units
tenths
tens
thousands hundreds tens units . tenths

1 3 . 4
 Group Activity
If a cube represents a
whole,

What is the value of a flat?

What is the value of rod?

What is the value of a unit

of block?
Flat Rod Unit of Represent 1.341
block
Cube
 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
𝟏. 𝟑𝟒𝟏 = 𝟏 × 𝟏 + 𝟑 × +𝟒× +𝟏×
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎

units tenths hundredths thousandths

 𝟏 .𝟑 𝟒 𝟏

thousandths
tenths
hundredths
units
thousands hundreds tens units . tenths hundredths thousandths

1 . 3 4 1
Fractions Decimals
 Conclusion
On the last page of your book, write a thing that you learnt today.

How confident do you feel after today’s lesson when dealing with tenths,
hundredths and thousandths?

Math joke

Why is the number six so scared?

Because seven eight nine!