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Unit 08 Fractions and Percentages of Amounts KO

This document provides information about fractions and percentages of amounts for Year 7 students. It outlines key concepts such as fractions, equivalents, wholes, and percentages. It provides examples of how to: 1) Find a fraction of a given amount using bar models to represent the whole and fractional parts. 2) Use a given fraction to find the whole amount or other fractions. 3) Find percentages of amounts using mental methods such as breaking percentages into 10% chunks or using a calculator and the percentage button.

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Unit 08 Fractions and Percentages of Amounts KO

This document provides information about fractions and percentages of amounts for Year 7 students. It outlines key concepts such as fractions, equivalents, wholes, and percentages. It provides examples of how to: 1) Find a fraction of a given amount using bar models to represent the whole and fractional parts. 2) Use a given fraction to find the whole amount or other fractions. 3) Find percentages of amounts using mental methods such as breaking percentages into 10% chunks or using a calculator and the percentage button.

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Year 7 – application of number

@whisto_maths
Fractions and percentages of amounts
What do I need to be able to do? Keywords
By the end of this unit you should be able to: Fraction: how many parts of a whole we have
• Find a fraction of a given amount Equivalent: of equal value
• Use a given fraction to find the whole or other Whole: a number with no fractional or decimal part.
fractions Percentage: parts per 100 (uses the % symbol)
• Find the percentage of an amount using mental
Place Value: the value of a digit depending on its place in a number. In our decimal number system, each place is
methods
• Find the percentage of a given amount using a 10 times bigger than the place to its right
calculator Convert: change into an equivalent representation, often fraction to decimal to a percentage cycle.

Fraction of a given amount The bar represents the whole amount 90


𝟐
Find of £205 30 30 30
𝟓
£205 15
15 15
Use bar models for comparisons
𝟏
£41 £41 £41 £41 £41 of 90 = 30
45 𝟑

2 out of the 5 equal parts 𝟐


of 45 = 30
£205 ÷ 5 = £41 𝟑
2 x £41 = £82 𝟏 𝟐
Each part of the bar model represents £41. ∴ of 90 = of 45
𝟑 𝟑

Use a fraction of amount The wording of the question is important to setting up the bar model
𝟐
of a value is 70. What is the whole number? 70 ÷ 2 = 35 63
𝟑
70 Each part of the bar Find the whole
model represents 35. 𝟑
of a number is 63. 21 21 21 21
𝟒
35 35 35
What is
𝟏
of the number? 84 Use the
𝟔 whole to
35 x 3 = 105 find a given
=14 14 14 14 14 14 14
The whole number is 105 part

Find the percentage of an amount (Mental methods) Find the percentage of an amount (Calculator methods)
The whole represents 100% 1 Using a multiplier
10% = of the whole
10 Find 65% of 80 Fraction, decimal, percentage conversion
65 The multiplier
65% =
.
= 0.65
100
0 65 x 80 = 52

1 5 1
10% = of the whole 50% = = of the whole
10 10 2
Using the percent button This brings up the % button on screen
20% =
2
=
1
of the whole 5% =
1
of the whole You will see 65%
10 5 20 Find 65% of 80

Type 65 You can also use the


Method 1: calculator to support non
Find 65% of 80 65% = 10% x 6 + 5% Press calculator methods and
80 = (8 x 6) + 4 find 1% or 10% then add
= 52 Press 80 and then press = percentages together
Method 2:
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 65% = 50% + 10% + 5%
For bigger percentages it is sometimes easier to take away from
= 40 + 8 + 4 “of” can represent ‘x’ in calculator methods
100% = 52

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