Mathematics / Year 5 / Number and Algebra / Fractions and decimals

Curriculum content descriptions

Compare and order common unit fractions and locate and represent them on a number line (ACMNA102)

Elaborations
  • recognising the connection between the order of unit fractions and their denominators
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Number lines,  Unit fractions,  Numerical order

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