Operations with Decimals: Rich Tasks
You cannot beat a good rich task! For me, a rich task is one that both stimulates and challenges students of all ages and abilities. Here is a selection of some of my favourites.
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Median Rich Tasks and Purposeful Practise keyboard_arrow_up
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There are no words to express how much I love Don Steward and his amazing resources on his Median Blog. They allow for purposeful practise, to enable students to gain fluency in key skills. But they also have more than a sprinkling of richness, that leads students merrily along the path towards hypotheses and generalisations. Amazing.
Both Ways ExtensionsDecimal Steps
3.142 Variations
Smallish Numbers
Decimal Addition
Six Digits
Easy to Check (Division)
Decimal Multiplication Targets
That’s Curios
Times by Powers of 10
Multiplying Decimals
Decimal Multiplication and Division
Decimal NIM
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NRICH is simply one of the best websites for rich maths problems in the whole wide world.
How Many Miles to Go? Other Rich Tasks keyboard_arrow_up
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A selection of some of my favourite rich tasks, including – I must confess – some of my own. For my complete collection, including my thoughts on what makes a good rich task, please visit the Rich Tasks page.
Decimal ArithmeticBuild an Army - Decimal Arithmetic
Build an Army – Decimals (add and subtract)
Positive Differences
Inquiry Maths - Calculations with Decimals