Find percentages of quantities and express one quantity as a percentage of another, with and without digital technologies. (VCMNA248)
LO: To calculate the percentage of a quantity.
Know:
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What a percentage represents.
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That a percentage is a portion of a whole amount.
Understand:
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That percentage can be used to represent a portion of a whole value.
Do:
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I can calculate percentage of a quantity.
Teacher Notes
100% of an item means the full number or the whole amount.
A percentage of a number means, finding a certain portion of the number.
Different Methods of Finding Percentages
Breakdown Method (addition)
Breakdown Method (subtraction)
Multiplication Method
Teaching Ideas
