Two fractions are equivalent if they have the same value.

Checking and securing understanding of finding a percentage

Maths

Checking and securing understanding of percentage increase

Checking and securing understanding of percentage decrease

Percentage profit and loss

Simple and compound interest

Simple interest calculations

Simple interest calculations with technology

Compound interest calculations

Compound interest calculations with technology

Problem solving with percentages

The ratio unit will cover comparing fractions, percentages and ratios and being able to move fluently between them. This unit ensures pupils have had the opportunity to work with finding the percentage of an amount and the opportunity to calculate interest.

In the prior unit, pupils developed the skills to calculate a given percentage of an amount. In this unit, these skills are extended to performing simple and compound interest calculations.

In this unit pupils will learn how to perform simple and compound interest calculations using percentages.

Percentages

If £4 is 20% of what I have, how much do I have overall? 

If £5 is 2% of the money I have, how much money do I have altogether? 

Checking and securing understanding of finding a percentage

Lesson outcome