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Maths Unit: Percentages

Maths Unit: Percentages
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Description

This unit will introduce Year 5 students to percentages and their connections to decimals and fractions. By the end of the unit, students should be able to recognise that 100% represents a complete whole, use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size and convert between percentages, decimals and fractions. The included worksheets, activities, games and assessment allow you to monitor and assess student progress throughout the unit. 
 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
  • Parents
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9M5N04 9

Recognise that 100% represents the complete whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size; connect familiar percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents

ACMNA131 8.4

Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

VCMNA217

Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

MA3-1WM old

Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions

MA3-2WM old

Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations

MA3-3WM old

Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another

MA3-7NA old

Compares, orders and calculates with fractions, decimals and percentages

MA3-RN-01 new

Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers

MA3-RN-02 new

Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places

MA3-RN-03 new

Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values

MA3-MR-01 new

Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems

MA3-MR-02 new

Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations

MA3-RQF-01 new

Compares and orders fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10

MA3-RQF-02 new

Determines 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 of measures and quantities

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