Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages (ACMNA131)
LO:To connect equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
Know:
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What fractions represent.
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What decimal values represent.
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What percentage values represent.
Understand:
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That percentages, decimals and fractions can be used to represent a similar amount.
Do:
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I can connect equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages and convert between the different values.
Essential Questions:
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What is a percentage?
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Why is a percentage always out of 100?
What is a Percentage?

A percentage is a number which is a fraction that is out of 100.
The word percent originates from Latin for per centum which means per 100.
Any number can be turned into a percentage if given the quantity that it is out of.
A percentage is part of a whole.
Connecting Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages are all related and they can easily be converted between each other.



Teaching Ideas
