Calculating Percentages
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison
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“If a jumper originally costs £40 and is 15% off, can your child work out how much the discount is and what the sale price would be?”
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- Activity. Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison
What to notice. Calculate 15% of 360 by finding 10% and 5% and combining • Compare two discounts given as percentages of different original prices • Explain a strategy for finding any percentage of an amount using known percentage facts
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If a jumper originally costs £40 and is 15% off, can your child work out how much the discount is and what the sale price would be?
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison
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- Calculate 15% of 360 by finding 10% and 5% and combining
- Compare two discounts given as percentages of different original prices
- Explain a strategy for finding any percentage of an amount using known percentage facts
“If a jumper originally costs £40 and is 15% off, can your child work out how much the discount is and what the sale price would be?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Ratio & Proportion
- Age range
- Ages 10–11