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Topic: Percentage and Ratio (Foundation - Unit 3)

Specification References: N3.1

N3.1 Use ratio notation, including reduction to its simplest form and its various links to fraction notation.


Candidates should be able to:

  • use ratios in the context of geometrical problems, for example similar shapes, scale drawings and problem solving involving scales and measures
  • understand that a line divided in the ratio 1 : 3 means that the smaller part is one-quarter of the whole