Tenths 2

Here’s a different way of dividing a shape into tenths 1/10 2/10 4/10 3/10 5/10 6/10 8/10 7/10 9/10 10/10 This shape is arranged in 5 rows of 2

1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 This shape is arranged in 2 rows of 5 Tenths What about this one? 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 This shape is arranged in 2 rows of 5

He wants to share it equally between 10 friends Tenths Billy has a pound coin He wants to share it equally between 10 friends How can he do this?

He must change the pound coin into tenths! £1 = ten 10p coins

Because there are ten 10p’s, we can say that 10p is 1/10 of a pound Tenths 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 1/10 Because there are ten 10p’s, we can say that 10p is 1/10 of a pound