Understanding Percentages
Understand the per cent symbol (%); know that per cent means ‘number of parts per hundred’; write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100 and as a decimal
Share and support
Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Interpret percent as parts per hundred of a stated whole.
Check tenths/hundredths notation with mt_Vi4Vo5xs_g first. Ask what one whole means before shading.
Check learner readiness directly; prerequisite availability is not attainment.
Pencil and plain paper, or this screen and an oral explanation. No purchases, food, scissors, weighing or real journey needed.
Choose one short sitting or stop after Together and return later. Read the model aloud, invite the learner to try, then put Show and Together aside for Try. Keep adult keys closed and out of view.
No printer: show only the active learner sheet; copy the supplied grid/table or draw on plain paper. An adult may read exact prompts or scribe the learner’s own words without adding a method; record that support. Oral work is mathematical evidence, not handwriting evidence.
Use fictional quantities. No names, addresses, body measurements, accounts, family records or purchases are required. A learner can pause or decline a context.
Ask what stays the same, which unit is being counted, and what operation fits. Let the learner explain before helping. If stuck, return to the worked model, then retry; record the help rather than calling it independent.
Use fictional quantities. No names, addresses, body measurements, accounts, family records or purchases are required. A learner can pause or decline a context.
Record actual responses, access mode and assistance; never invent observations or infer mastery.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
Teaching limits and safe use
These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
Finite task opportunities do not establish general mastery. Exact canonical examples are rehearsal when previously modeled. No timed testing or forced personal disclosure.
Use fictional quantities. No names, addresses, body measurements, accounts, family records or purchases are required. A learner can pause or decline a context.
Record actual responses, access mode and assistance; never invent observations or infer mastery.
Family records and proof options
Keep a record of your learning
Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.
Learning resources
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Check understanding
- Write 35% as 35/100 and as 0.35
- Shade 40% of a 10×10 grid and write the fraction 40/100
- Explain that 100% means the whole, 50% means half
“If a shop advertises 50% off, can your child explain that this means half price — and write 50% as both a fraction and a decimal?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 9–10