Thurs Nov 24th – Converting Percentages to Fractions in their simplest form & turning fractions into percentages

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Use the skills in equivalent fractions to convert a percentage to a fraction and a fraction into a percentage

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to convert any percentage to a fraction and any fraction to a percentage

STARTER: Copy and Complete this table

Percent	Decimal	Fraction
	0.01
5%
		1/10
	0.125
	0.2
25%
		1/3
	0.5
75%
		4/5
	0.9
99%

 

PLENARY: Check Answers

LESSON: Converting Percentages to Fractions and then checking fractions are in their simplest forms

Eg 24% = 0.24 = 24/100 = 6/25 – lots of examples on the IWB

Fractions – Percentages Matching squares

Convert these percentages to fractions in their simplest form

1. 15%
   
2. 35%
   
3. 55%
   
4. 32%
   
5. 86%
   
6. 98%
   
7. 43%
   
8. 12.5%
   
9. 33⅓%
   
10. 52%
    
11. 78%
    
12. 62.5%
    

PLENARY: Checking Answers with students – feedback

Show how to convert a Fraction into a percentage on IWB – Lost of examples

1. 1/25
   
2. 7/25
   
3. 23/50
   
4. 47/50
   
5. 18/25
   
6. 45/200
   
7. 128/400
   
8. 2/3
   
9. 3/5
   
10. 4/7
    
11. 27/30
    
12. 13/15
    

PLENARY: Checking answers. Use last three to develop into dividing method on a calculator to work out the decimal and then write down the percentage

Use your calculator to help convert these fractions into Percentages

1. 5/12
   
2. 7/16
   
3. 3/11
   
4. 12/23
   
5. 8/13
   
6. 6/19
   
7. 34/37
   
8. 78/123
   

PLENARY: Checking Answers, feedback from students after recapping the Success Criteria.