Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000
Multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100, and 1000 giving answers up to three decimal places, understanding that digits shift position in the place-value chart
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Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 by changing digit places. Keep zeros needed to hold places.
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Ask for the value of 8 in 2.083: eight hundredths. Ask how many hundredths equal a tenth: ten. If either relationship is unclear, revisit Reading Decimal Places. The fourth decimal place used in two canonical examples is introduced here before use.
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Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 by changing digit places. Keep zeros needed to hold places.
Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 by changing digit places. Keep zeros needed to hold places.
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KS2 Maths
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Check understanding
- Compute 3.456 × 100 = 345.6 correctly
- Compute 45 ÷ 1000 = 0.045 correctly
- Explain why multiplying by 10 shifts each digit one place to the left
“Can your child work out 3.456 × 100 and 45 ÷ 1000, explaining how the value of each digit changes and why the second answer needs placeholder zeros?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Multiplication & Division
- Age range
- Ages 10–13
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