Calculating with percentages (8300 - Higher - Ratio, proportion and rates of change)
| Topic: | Calculating with percentages |
Specification references (in recommended teaching order)
| Specification content | Specification notes | |
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| R9 |
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The subject content (above) matches that set out in the Department for Education’s Mathematics GCSE subject content and assessment objectives document.
The expectation is that:
- All students will develop confidence and competence with the content identified by standard type
- All students will be assessed on the content identified by the standard and the underlined type; more highly attaining students will develop confidence and competence with all of this content
- Only the more highly attaining students will be assessed on the content identified by bold type. The highest attaining students will develop confidence and competence with the bold content.
Teaching resources
Teaching resources - see below
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Downloadable resource in format.
29/08/2014
Percentage Change Chain
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Students link amounts of money with percentage increase and decrease arrows to create a chain. The final arrow is blank for pupils to calculate the percentage change needed to return to the starting amount. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 24/07/2015
Simple and Compound Interest Cards
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This activity involves using simple and compound interest to determine which bank offers the best deal (note that compound interest also occurs under R16 in the 'Growth and decay' topic). You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 24/07/2015
Using percentages to increase quantities
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In these activities students use multipliers to represent percentage increases and decreases and determine the reverse percentage to return to the starting value. You will need to register for an account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 24/07/2015
Percentages - Homework Sheet and Mark Scheme
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Downloadable resource in doc format.
08/08/2010
Percentages - Repeated Percentage Change - Lesson Plan
1
Downloadable resource in doc format.
12/08/2010
Percentages - Repeated Percentage Change - Problem Sheet
Repeated percentage change in share values10/08/2010
Percentages - Repeated Percentage Change - Worksheet
1
Downloadable resource in doc format.
11/08/2010
Topic Tests
8300 GCSE Higher Compound Interest Mark Scheme
Downloadable resource in pdf format.
09/09/2022
8300 GCSE Higher Compound Interest Topic Test
Downloadable resource in pdf format.
09/09/2022
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