Counting in Tenths

Year 3 MathsFractions3 pages

About this worksheet

Thirty-nine questions on counting in tenths for Year 3 maths, split into three levels. Pupils warm up dividing by 10 with questions like 1/10 of 20, continue sequences such as 1/10, 2/10, ___, then beat the clock on missing tenths and questions like 1/10 of 80. A complete answer key covers all 39 answers. Matches the England National Curriculum tenths objective.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Number โ€” fractions

โ€œCount up and down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10โ€

The warm-up builds the dividing-by-10 link before the counting sequences.

What's inside this worksheet

Warm Up: Dividing by 10

Division and fraction questions like 10 รท 10 and 1/10 of 20.

Level Up: Next Tenths

Continue sequences counting up and down, such as 4/10, 3/10, ___.

Challenge: Beat the Clock

Missing tenths in the middle of sequences, plus questions like 1/10 of 80.

Answer key

All 39 answers listed.

How teachers use it

Daily fluency

One level per day makes three short bursts of tenths practice.

Timed challenge

Set a timer for the Beat the Clock section and record scores.

Intervention group

The warm-up isolates the divide-by-10 idea for pupils who count tenths like whole numbers.

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