Comparing decimals Take the numbers 2.43 and 2.34. Let's use a place value chart to find which is greater. The chart on the left represents 2.43 and the chart on the right represents 2.34.

A KS2 Maths article for Year 5 on how to multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 using a place value chart.

Suppose you end up with eight P10 coins and nine P1 coins. Make a place value chart and ask students where the coins should go (P1 coins in the ones place, P10 coins in the tens place).