Percentages

There are 366 different Starters of The Day, many to choose from. You will find in the left column below some starters on the topic of Percentages.

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Percentages Starters:

Estimating Percentages: Estimate what percentages of full circles the red sectors represent.

High Interest: Finding a good personal loan requires an ability to calculate percentage and this page provides some practice.

In Your Head 1: Here are the simple percentage calculations everyone should be able to do in their heads.

In Your Head 2: Here are the simple percentage calculations everyone should be able to do in their heads.

In Your Head 3: Here are the simple percentage calculations everyone should be able to do in their heads.

Mortgage Loan: Find easy percentages of a large number.

Odd Percent Out: A number of simple percentage calculations are given. The answers are in pairs. Which is the odd one out?

Percent Table: Complete the table by calculating common percentages without using a calculator.

Percentages Grid: Calculate the percentages without using a calculator.

Quick Percentages: You have 10 seconds to answer each of the percentage questions.

Sid's Schemes: Work out which is the best scheme for Sid to choose for his summer bonus. One scheme involves a common misconception about percentages.

Structured Settlement: Without a calculator match a a pie slice to a calculation to an answer.

Warm Up: Four mathematical problems.

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River Crossing

Three interactive versions of the traditional river crossing puzzles.

Notes:

A useful and common way to express a fraction of a quantity. The word is derived from the Latin per centum meaning “by the hundred”. Although percentages are usually used to express numbers between zero and one, any ratio can be expressed as a percentage. For instance, 125% is 1.25 and −0.95% is −0.0095.

Percentages Teacher Resources:

Percentages: Practise calculating simple percentages in your head.

Percentages Activities:

Estimating Percentages: Estimate the percentages represented by the diagrams.

Fraction Percentage: Match the fraction with the equivalent percentage. A drag and drop self marking exercise.

Percentages: A ten question quiz involving common percentages.

Pie Charts: Estimate what the pie chart sectors represent.

Percentages Videos:

Percentages: A short silly animated music video.

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