Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways
I can explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways.
Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways
I can explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways.
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Key learning points
- Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.
- Percentages are parts of the whole.
- Percentages can be represented using one-hundred squares or number lines.
Keywords
Percent - Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.
Percentage - A percentage is a proportion of a whole.
Common misconception
Pupils may make mistakes when determining the percentage of different wholes that are not equal in size or value.
Talk about the differences between the different wholes explored. Describe percentage as a proportion of that specific whole. Compare two different wholes where the percentages of them are the same and where the percentages of them are different.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
70
40
10
80
50
35
45
28
38
47
10
20
25
50
25
91
53
75
8
6
3
10
5
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the number of parts in each 100
a proportion of a whole.
35 people in each 100
60 people in each 100
17 people in each 100
90 people in each 100
80%
10%
40%
10%
80%
60%
40%