Representing Numbers - Decimals to Thousandths (Decimat) . Representing decimals beyond hundredths using physical materials is challenging. Cutting objects into smaller and smaller pieces has been used in some studies (Linear Attribute Blocks) but the size and number of cuts is challenging. . MAB is another resource that has been used but the reconceptualising of this resource is quite difficult for many students. Hundred grids are successful for decimals to hundredths and have been used in seve