Place value, ordering and rounding

Year 7
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Extension
Understand and use decimal notation and place value; multiply and divide integers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000, and explain the effect. Read and write positive integer powers of 10; multiply and divide integers and decimals by 0.1, 0.01. Extend knowledge of integer powers of 10; recognise the equivalence of 0.1, 1/10
and 10-1; multiply and divide by any integer power of 10.

Powers of 10 web resource

Express numbers in standard index form, both in conventional notation and on a calculator display.

Standard form

Compare and order decimals in different contexts; know that when comparing measurements the units must be the same. Order decimals. Convert between ordinary and standard index form representations. Use standard index form to make sensible estimates for calculations involving multiplication and/or division.
Round positive whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000, and decimals to the nearest whole number or one decimal place.

Roundit Excel

Round positive numbers to any given power of 10; round decimals to the nearest whole number or to one or two decimal places Roundit Excel. Use rounding to make estimates and to give solutions to problems to an appropriate degree of accuracy.

Estimate!

Round to a given number of significant figures; use significant figures to approximate answers when multiplying or dividing large numbers. Understand how errors can be compounded in calculations. Understand upper and lower bounds.