Fractions
Year 4 · Maths
Explore numbers, spot patterns and explain how you worked it out.
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Decimals on a number line
Place tenths and hundredths on a number line. Free Year 4 maths game.
Play Decimals on a number line
Learning about fractions
In this Year 4 maths collection, you can practise Decimals on a number line. Choose a game above for a short activity, or explore the examples below before you play. The full guide for each game explains its controls, gives more examples and includes a free printable for practice away from the screen.
Talk it through
Use counters, a drawing or a number line before moving to a mental method. Ask your child to explain a choice, then change one number and try the method again.
Ask: “How could you show the same answer another way?” Give your child time to explain. Return to an example after playing and ask whether they would approach it differently.
Decimals on a number line
Year 4 introduces decimals. Pupils learn to recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths, count in hundredths, and see that hundredths come from dividing one whole by 100 or a tenth by 10. 0.37 means 3 tenths and 7 hundredths, which is 37 hundredths.
Try an example: Put 2.4 on a 0 to 3 line in tenths.
Find 2, then count 4 tenths to the right.
Show the answer
Four small steps after 2
What to look out for
Thinking 0.5 is less than 0.37 because 5 is less than 37. Compare tenths first: 0.5 has 5 tenths, 0.37 has only 3.
Practise away from the screen
- Use money: £0.37 is 37p, and £1.70 is one pound seventy.
Curriculum connections
These games support selected practice connected to Fractions in the National Curriculum in England. Use your school’s sequence to decide when to introduce and revisit each skill. A game covers selected examples, rather than assessing every requirement.
Questions families ask
Where should we start with fractions?
Start with Decimals on a number line. Look at the worked example together, then try a round. If the task feels unfamiliar, use the full game guide or its free printable before trying again.
Does this cover everything taught at this level?
No. This collection brings together the games currently available for this learning area. It supports selected skills and does not replace the full programme of study or practical teaching.