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Growth and decay (8300 - Higher - Ratio, proportion and rates of change)

Topic:Growth and decay

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R16
  • Set up, solve and interpret the answers in growth and decay problems, including compound interest and work with general iterative processes


    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

    Growth and decay - all resources for 3 year route map - zip folder
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    Topic overview and lesson plans
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    Lesson 1 Activity 1
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    Lesson 1 Activity 2
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    Lesson 2 Activity 1
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    Lesson 2 Activity 2
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    Lesson 2 Activity 2 (solutions)
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    Lesson 3 Activity 1
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    Lesson 4 Activity 1
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    Lesson 1 Worksheet 1
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    Lesson 1 Worksheet 2
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    Lesson 2 Worksheet 1
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    Lesson 3 Worksheet 1
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    Lesson 3 Worksheet 2
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    Lesson 4 Worksheet 1
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    Lesson 1 Homework sheet 1
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    Lesson 2 Homework sheet 1
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    Lesson 3 Homework sheet 1
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    Lesson 4 Homework sheet 1
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    Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 1
    AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
    E-library
    Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
    Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 2
    AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
    E-library
    Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)
    Diagnostic Questions - growth and decay 3
    AQA have teamed up with Craig Barton's Diagnostic Questions website to share free diagnostic questions assessment for our new 2017 GCSE Maths specification.21/07/2017
    E-library
    Type(s): Diagnostic Questions (e-library)

    Repeated Proportional Change
    GCSE Bitesize resource in which the idea of using a multiplier to perform repeated percentage changes is introduced.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Overview (e-library)

    Maths is Fun - Compound Interest
    A resource which can be used to show how to derive a formula for calculating a final value after several years of compound interest, along with some demanding extension material and online questions to challenge the most able GCSE students.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library)
    National STEM Centre - Growth and Decay
    An interactive Excel programme to enable students to investigate growth and decay including consideration of depreciation and growth of bacteria. You will need to register for an account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library)
    Problem Solving Poster no.2
    An investigative activity in which students must work out when a bouncing ball will bounce to less than 10% or 1% of its original height - multipliers or a spreadsheet would be helpful for this activity.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library)
    Repeated Percentage Change with Multipliers
    A full lesson of activities, including an extension activity, which introduces the idea of using a multiplier to find successive percentage changes. You will need to register for a TES account to access this resource, this is free of charge. 17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library)
    Teachit Maths - Compound Percentage Change Loops
    This activity involves creating a continuous loop of dominoes by matching each compound percentage change to its multiplier - nice starter or plenary activity.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library) | Plenaries (e-library) | Starters (e-library)
    Teachit Maths - Studying Bacteria
    This activity uses compound percentages to predict how much a sample of bacteria will grow in the given time. Multipliers could be used but are not essential.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library)

    Teachit Maths - Compound Percentage Change Loops
    This activity involves creating a continuous loop of dominoes by matching each compound percentage change to its multiplier - nice starter or plenary activity.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library) | Plenaries (e-library) | Starters (e-library)

    Teachit Maths - Compound Percentage Change Loops
    This activity involves creating a continuous loop of dominoes by matching each compound percentage change to its multiplier - nice starter or plenary activity.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Activities (e-library) | Plenaries (e-library) | Starters (e-library)

    Teachit Maths - How much will I earn?
    A worksheet in which students must use compound interest to tell each customer how much they will have if they invest their money.17/08/2015
    E-library
    Type(s): Worksheets (e-library)
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