Challenge Questions
A coat which costs £35 is reduced by 12.5% in a sale - how much do you now pay?
Learning Targets
Beginning
To be able to demonstrate how to find any percentages of a quantity by using decimals.
Developing
To be able to use a percentage increases and decreases.
Mastering
To be able to calculate a percentage increases and decreases.
To know how to calculate compound interest and investigate how it differs to simple interest.
Resources
Beginning
Developing
Mastering
Calculating percentage changes
Introduce students to the idea of percentage change
Calculating Percentage Change (from Ten Ticks 7-8, 2, pages 21-2)*
MEP 11.3, page 13-14
Percentage Change Trail (print)
MEP 11.3, page 13-14
Percentage Change Trail (print)
Compound Percentages
