Fr Mar 23rd – Percentages, Decimals and Fractions

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: TO discover the relationship between percentages and decimals

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to write a decimal as a percentage and a percentage as a decimal.

ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY:
Percentages and Decimals, Fractions and Decimals

LESSON: Part 1 Converting a Percentage into a decimal

Convert these Percentages into decimals

1. 15%
   
2. 23%
   
3. 89%
   
4. 76%
   
5. 9%
   
6. 3%
   
7. 1%
   
8. ½ %
   
9. 52 ½%
   
10. 12½ %
    
11. 33¼ %
    

Show how to convert a decimal into a percentage

Convert these decimals into percentages

1. 0.37
   
2. 0.78
   
3. 0.45
   
4. 0.8
   
5. 0.5
   
6. 0.145
   
7. 0.875
   
8. 0.005
   
9. 0.1325
   
10. 0.725
    

Using a calculator to turn difficult fractions into decimals and percentages

Lots of examples on IWB

Answer questions on work sheet – page 3 in this text book

PLENARY: Put answers on IWB for students to check their own. Check understanding from students