Tenths 2

Tenths 2

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Here’s a different way of dividing a shape into tenths

1/102/10

4/103/10

8/107/10

9/1010/10

5/106/10

This shape is arranged in 5 rows of 2

This shape is arranged in 2 rows of 5

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What about this one?

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

1/10

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Billy has a pound coin

He wants to share it equally between 10 friends

How can he do this?

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He must change the pound coin into tenths!

£1 = ten 10p coins

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Because there are ten 10p’s, we can say that 10p is 1/10 of a pound

1/101/10

1/101/10

1/10

1/101/10

1/101/10

1/10