Year 5 Maths Summer Block 3 focuses on decimals, helping pupils develop fluency with addition and subtraction and deepen their understanding of decimal place value. Aligned with the Year 5 National Curriculum and White Rose Maths progression, pupils calculate with decimals and explore the effect of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000.
Across the block, pupils add and subtract decimals within and across one whole, work with different numbers of decimal places and choose efficient calculation strategies. They also explore decimal sequences and solve missing-value problems involving powers of 10.
Summer Block 3 forms part of the Maths Masters Year 5 Summer sequence. Explore the full term to see how decimal calculation and place value fit into the wider Year 5 maths progression.
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Our Year 5 decimals resources help pupils build fluency with decimal calculation and place value. Pupils add and subtract decimals, work across whole-number boundaries and apply efficient methods when calculating with tenths, hundredths and thousandths.
The block includes Year 5 decimals worksheets, teaching slides and activities covering adding and subtracting decimals with the same and different numbers of decimal places. Pupils find complements to one, calculate across whole numbers and select efficient calculation strategies.
Year 5 pupils use place value to multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000. They also explore decimal sequences and solve missing-value calculations, strengthening their understanding of how digit values change when multiplying and dividing by powers of 10.
See how this block fits into the wider sequence and explore Year 5 Summer maths planning and resources.
