Tarsia Puzzle | Add Decimals | Year 5

Deepen your Year 5 pupils' understanding of adding decimals with this challenging tarsia puzzle.

Mix up the triangles in this tarsia puzzle and task your pupils to solve the addition of decimals calculations and match the questions and answers.

This adding decimals tarsia puzzle can be used as an individual task to challenge pupils, or in partners or small groups to encourage mathematical conversations.

Often, teachers try to find fun ways for pupils to explore individual concepts. This tarsia puzzle provides an alternative to traditional worksheets when practising adding decimals.

You’ll find a template page for pupils to rebuild the adding decimals tarsia puzzle. Blank templates can also be used as an additional task for pupils to create an adding decimals tarsia puzzle of their own.

Year 5 add decimals tarsia worksheet

• Adding two decimals with up to 3 decimal places
• Adding to make one whole