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This course will explain what decimals are, how fractions can be expressed as decimals and how to convert fractions to decimals.

This YouTube video introduces you to the basics of decimals.

Video 1: Explores the conversion of fractions to decimals: tenths, hundredths and thousandths
Video 2: Two examples of converting fractions to decimals

This video explores how decimals are represented on the number line.

Outcomes

In this lesson you will learn about:

1. The decimal number system.
2. Converting fractions to decimals.
3. Calculations with decimals.
4. Percentages.

This video explores how to convert fractions to a decimal with tenths, hundredths and thousandths.

Video 1: Dividing a decimal by a whole number with fraction models
Video 2: Dividing a decimal by a whole number on the number line
Video 3: Example of dividing a decimal by a whole number
Online activity 1: Dividing decimals by whole numbers
Video 4: Visually dividing a whole number by a decimal
Online activity 2: Dividing whole numbers by decimals

This online activity provides exercises on dividing decimals by decimals.

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Understand when to use Venn diagrams.
• Draw Venn diagrams.
• Interpret Venn diagrams.

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