Decimals as Fractions, Word Form, Counting Money, Game Puzzles

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for representing decimal numbers? Well bingo! Look no further as Decimals Game Puzzles, for CCSS 4.NF.6, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 4th grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math center rotation, review exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this task as a homework assignment, kids will also love working on these at home to study and improve their skills.

This puzzle set includes 20 colorful jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a foldable bin or tub for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a craft project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a spiral notebook or journal as a model reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

It covers representing a decimal number in several ways including: as a fraction, in word form, as money, and as the shaded region of hundreds blocks. By matching the decimal with its equivalent representations, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your 4th graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies using the various methods of representing decimals!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Grade 4 Common Core Standard 4.NF.C.6
Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100.
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 4.2E 4.2G and Virginia SOL 4.3D