Course: Maths Subject Knowledge: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages

Q&A with the National STEM Learning Centre Twice a year we will run an online Q&A with the Maths Subject Specialists at the National STEM Learning Centre. We will take …

Well done! You have reached the end of fractions, decimals and percentages. Throughout the course, we explored methods to help develop a deeper understanding of these topics. Over the last …

Well done for reaching the final part of the course, where you’ll review your learning and record your professional development. This step focuses on your reflection grids and revisits your …

The more common way to charge interest is called Compound Interest. Most loans are charged using compound interest and most savings accounts pay interest using compound interest. If you have …

Thank you for joining us on this course. We hope you have found it interesting and it has given you information and ideas that will help you in your own …

In this video we build upon the last step and consider two similar methods of finding a percentage decrease. When finding a percentage decrease we are asking the question: “by …

Probably one of the most common places we see percentages being used is with interest rates. Interest rates for savings accounts indicate the amount the bank pays you for every …

In the previous step, we saw that to express one amount as a percentage of another amount the first step is to create a fraction. It is important that students …

In this video we consider two similar methods of finding a percentage increase. Percentage increases, or decreases, are used to allow comparisons of different amounts in many situations, for example …

The methods for decreasing an amount by a percentage are adaptations of the previous methods for increasing by a percentage. Before watching the video you may like to consider how …

When comparing proportions it is very useful to express one amount as a percentage of another. For example, if 10 out of 28 girls are left-handed and 7 out of …

In the previous step we showed how to increase an amount by a percentage. Here we will identify a common mistake that occurs when increasing by small percentages i.e. an …

Before watching the video you may like to consider how you would calculate 30% of 72. In this video we have a quick recap of how to find a percentage …

A common use for percentages is when amounts are increased, or decreased, by a percentage of that amount. For example, when buying a carton of orange juice, it might say …

Last week, we explored methods to help divide fractions and decimals. This week we delve deeper into percentages. We build upon finding a percentage of an amount to consider how …