From Integer to Real Numbers: Student Obstacles in Understanding Decimal Numbers Riska Oktaviani Tristania Pulungan (a*), Didi Suryadi (b)
(a) Pendidikan Dasar, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*riskaoktavianitristania[at]student.upi.edu
(b) Departemen Pendidikan Matematika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Abstract
Abstract. The various difficulties and obstacles that students face when they are introduced to decimal numbers are well documented and described in the relevant bibliography. This research is a preliminary qualitative research. The participants of the study are 60 six and five graders. The data were collected using the test. The data analysis showed that the elementary school students performance on number sense of decimal was still weak on the component of understanding the meaning and concept of numbers.
