Learning Experiences
- Vowels and consonants – An investigation into which vowel and consonant appear most commonly in the English language
- Social Maths-a real life set of problems to solve involving a school social.
- Percents of a total: Mixed mental and calculator problems.
- Percentages in the real world-Homelearning assignment about how percentages are used in the real world.
- T-Shirts Galore-(1 period operations with money)-Problem Solving Grade 5/6-2011/12 Week 8 Answers here
- Bombs Away
Assessments
- BM Based Relationships Between Fractions Decimals and Percentages Pre/Post-assessment (Updated Jan. 16th 2013)
- KEY BM Based Relationships between fractions-decimals-and-percentages-pre/post-assessment (Updated Jan.16th, 2013)
- Relationships-between-fractions-decimals-and-percentages-pre_post-assessment
Resources
- Ikeepbookmarks folder. Includes links to games and Flash activities.
- Fractions, Decimals and Percents-A summary of the rules and relationships between fractional numbers
- The Beijing Poll – the City Weekend magazine – Example of percentage use in real world data collection
Practice
- Finding percentage of a number (10&, 25%, 50%, 75%) – Printable practice sheet (generates a new one every time)
- Finding percentage of a number (other numbers) – Printable practice sheet (generates a new one every time)
- Percentage of a total – Practice Questions
- Maths Playground – Online Balloon Invaders Game
Reflections