solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing efficient calculation strategies with and without digital tools
Elaborations
explaining how 13 of a quantity can be achieved by dividing by 3, and how knowledge of 13 of a quantity can be used to find 23or 43of the same quantity, using situations involving money, length, duration, mass or capacity
investigating percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% in an online toy sale, using their equivalent decimal representations of 0.10, 0.25 and 0.50 to calculate the amount of discount on sale items, with and without digital tools
linking percentages to their decimal equivalent of tenths and hundredths and using these to determine percentage discounts; for example, finding a 30% discount by using its equivalence to 0.3, dividing by 10 and multiplying the result by 3 to give 30%
explaining the equivalence between percentages and fractions, for example, 3313% and 13, keeping to percentages that are equivalent to fractions with small denominators such as 6623% and 12.5%
representing a situation with a mathematical expression, for example, numbers and symbols such as 14 × 24, that involves finding a familiar fraction or percentage of a quantity; and using mental strategies or a calculator and explaining the result in terms of the situation in question
Code
VC2M6N07
Curriculum resources and support
Find related teaching and learning resources in
Arc*
