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      Lesson details

      Learning outcome

      I can express percentage shaded from shapes within shapes.

      Key learning points

      1. You can express a number as a fraction of another and therefore as a percentage.
      2. If you have two areas, you can express one as a percentage of another.
      3. This can involve calculating with a variety of shapes.
      4. A calculator can be very useful here.

      Keywords

      • Area - The area is the size of the surface and states the number of unit squares needed to completely cover that surface.

      Common misconception

      Using the incorrect value for finding the percentage, for instance, the area of the unshaded when it asks for the shaded region.

      Encourage pupils to underline/highlight whether they are finding the percentage of the shaded or unshaded region.

      Teacher tip

      Have pupils compare the answers to Task B Q2 and the similar explanation slides using squares, then they could investigate a similar pattern with a triangles, hexagons etc. - would the result be the same? This will start them thinking about area scale factors for the future.

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      Prior knowledge starter quiz

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      25% of 2640 is .

      Correct Answer: 660

      Q2.
      20 as a percentage of 50 is %

      Correct Answer: 40, 40%

      Q3.
      The area of a square with edge lengths of 1.4 cm is cm².

      Correct Answer: 1.96

      Q4.
      The area of a circle with a diameter of 30 m is $$\pi$$ m².

      Correct Answer: 225

      Q5.
      Here are the first seven triangular numbers: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28. The next triangular number is .

      Correct Answer: 36, thirty six

      Q6.
      The numbers 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, ... are called the numbers.

      Correct Answer: square

      6 Questions

      Q1.
      A shape has a total area of 50 cm². Part of the shape is shaded. An area of 24 cm² is left unshaded. % of the shape is shaded.

      Correct Answer: 52, 52%

      Q2.
      A shape has a total area of 45 cm². Part of the shape is shaded. An area of 27 cm² is left unshaded. % of the shape is shaded.

      Correct Answer: 40, 40%, forty

      Q3.
      Which descriptors of this shape are correct?

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      Correct answer: This is a compound shape.
      This is a congruent shape.
      Correct answer: This is a rectilinear shape.
      75% is shaded
      Correct answer: 80% is shaded

      Q4.
      The percentage of the shape which is shaded is %.

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      Correct Answer: 75, 75%

      Q5.
      Which calculation is correct to find the percentage of the rectilinear compound shape which is shaded?

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      $$\frac{10\times5}{9\times9+7\times12}\times100$$
      Correct answer: $$\frac{9\times9+7\times12-10\times5}{9\times9+7\times12}\times100$$
      $$\frac{10\times5}{9\times9+7\times12-10\times5}\times100$$
      $$\frac{9\times9+7\times12-10\times5}{10\times5}\times100$$

      Q6.
      This shape is made from a circle and the removal of two congruent circles. The percentage shaded in this shape is %.

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      Correct Answer: 50, 50%, fifty

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