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Monday, 26 September 2011
Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 & 1000
After searching for ways to help children understand what is happening when multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000, this is the best method I've come across. Moving children away from the notion of 'adding a 0' or 'taking off a 0' is essential for them to be able to multiply and devide by multiples of 10 when using decimal numbers. This video shows a simple way to demonstrate this:
This is such a fabulous demonstration and really does show this concept in simple visual terms. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteCoffeedreamer thank you very much for your kind comment. I'm glad it was useful to you.
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