24 September 2012

24 September, S2 - 10/M1*

Title: Percentage Problems
Room 28
Learning Objectives

Grade B
To be able to solve reverse percentage problems.
A car costs £1020 after the price is reduced by 15%, what was the
original cost?

Grade A
To be able to investigate problems involving percentage increases, decreases and compound interest.
If I borrow £1000 at a interest rate of 4000% pa, how much interest
will I have paid after 1 week?

Resources
Grade C
Revision of finding percentages.



Ten Ticks - 7-8, 2, page 19

Grade B
Introduce reverse percentage problems


Grade A
Compound Interest
Ten Ticks - 7-8, 2, page 22 (section C)
MEP 11.8, page 25

Homework
Complete an email by Saturday evening.
Calculate the amount you would pay back if you borrow £300 from these companies for 1 month (assume 1 month = 1/12 of a year).

Also work out the daily interest rate (assuming 365 days in a year).




Learning Objective for next lesson:
Grade D

To be able to explain how to compare prices of products to find the ‘best buy’.

How can you make sure you are getting the best deal when
shopping?

Grade C
To be able to solve real life problems using ratio.
My TV is 100cm wide and the display is in a ratio of 16:7 - how
tall is it?


Due
Recurring Decimal Explanation