Learn about decimals with Smartick. Exercises, tutorials problems, and teaching resources about decimals for elementary-age children. Here you will find posts about decimals to make learning mathematics easier and more fun.
Nov11
Today we are going to better understand the multiplication of decimals by using a very common manipulative material: money. It is going to help us understand why multiplying by 10 moves the decimal position to the right. Equivalence of Bills or Coins with Numbers First, we are going to establish the equivalence of each coin […]
Continue reading »Aug05
To put the addition and subtraction of decimal numbers into practice with money, it is essential to have previous knowledge about decimals and their representation with money. Once we have mastered this knowledge, it’s time to start solving problems. Steps to add and subtract decimal numbers: Place the numbers in columns in such a way […]
Continue reading »Jul08
In today’s post, you are going to learn how to solve division problems with decimals in the dividend, in other words, dividing a decimal number by a whole number. In order for you to understand the process well, I am going to show you how we explain dividing with decimals in the interactive Smartick tutorial […]
Continue reading »May06
Today’s post deals with the day to day use of decimal numbers using money as an example (and to help you better understand it). We are going to start with the basics, reviewing what decimal numbers are and how to read and write them. You can use these resources to refresh your memory: What are […]
Continue reading »Apr17
In this post, we will learn how to multiply and divide decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000 … It is as simple as moving the decimal point of the decimal number to the left or right. Multiplying decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000 … To multiply a decimal number by 10, 100, 1000 … all […]
Continue reading »Apr03
Do you know how to divide decimals? In this post, you will learn how, and at the end, you will find exercises to practice division of decimals. But first you can review what decimal numbers are with this previous post from our blog: Learn What Decimal Numbers Are. How to divide a whole number by […]
Continue reading »Feb17
Imagine that you have to solve the following addition problem that combines decimals and fractions: It’s not so easy to add a fraction to a decimal, right? It’s much easier to add fractions to fractions, or decimals to decimals. So, we can do this in two ways: Change the decimal to a fraction. Change the […]
Continue reading »Jan27
Today we are going to review division word problems with decimals. Does it seem difficult? Well, it’s not! Solving division word problems with decimals is the same as solving them with whole numbers. I’m going to show you! You can review what a decimal number is here. Every time we solve a word problem, the first […]
Continue reading »Jan06
Rounding decimals to the nearest whole number or the tenths, hundredths, thousandths is easy! In this post, we are going to learn to round decimal numbers. Rounding decimals helps us to manage the numbers more easily in order to operate them. Rounding decimals to the nearest whole number To round a number to the nearest whole […]
Continue reading »Sep30
What are decimal numbers? Decimal numbers are used to represent numbers that are smaller than 1 unit. Decimals are written to the right of the units place separated by a period. That is the say: Hundreds Tens Units; Tenths Hundredths Thousandths In the image that appears below, the first square represents the unit 1. If […]
Continue reading »Sep27
Do you know how to multiply a decimal number by 10? In this post, we will explain the easiest way to do so. To multiply a decimal number by 10, we just have to move the decimal point one position to the right. Yes, folks, it’s that easy. Example #1: 23.561 x 10 We have […]
Continue reading »Jul01
In this post we are going to see some addition and subtraction calculations with decimals. In order to add or subtract decimals, we need to stack the numbers that have a decimal point one on top of the other, making sure to line up the values in the same columns. By doing so, the tens, […]
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