Hot Shots 1

Purpose

These exercises and activities are for students to use independently of the teacher to practice number properties.

Achievement Objectives
NA4-3: Find fractions, decimals, and percentages of amounts expressed as whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals.
AO elaboration and other teaching resources
Specific Learning Outcomes

find a percentage of an amount

Description of Mathematics

Proportions and Ratios, AM (Stage 7)

Required Resource Materials
Practice exercises with answers (PDF or Word)

Homework exercises with answers (PDF or Word)

Activity

Prior Knowledge

Basic multiplication facts
Simplify fractions
Convert fractions to decimals
Students who can know simple percentages equivalent to ½ or ¼ etc, and their equivalent value as decimals will find this activity very accessible.

Background

In this activity students use a percentage strip to calculate percentages. The percentage strip allows students to see the percentage as a proportion.  Percentages can be used to compare fractions.

Comments on the Exercises

Exercise 1
Asks students to use the percentage strips to work out percentages like 9 out of 18.

Exercise 2
Asks students to solve word problems that involve finding a percentage.

Related Resources

These activities can be used to follow the teaching episodes based on, Book 7, Hot Shots and are for those students who are able to use the associated number properties.

Attachments
HotShotsClass1.doc81 KB
HotShotsHome1.doc40.5 KB

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