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Percentage of
This inquiry lesson is aimed to extend learning and explore students understanding of percentages as they verify; test other cases; make conjectures; and reason, generalise and prove. Students can work collaboratively to determine the answer to various 'percentage of' questions, comparing their answers to other prompts and statements. Students then identify commonalities and patterns in their answers. Many examples of students' responses to the prompt are provided for analysis. Teachers can use the inquiry as a teaching tool and to probe questions to assess student understanding.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Student, Teacher |
| Purpose | Additional learning support, Assessment advice, Assessment task, Content knowledge, Student task, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Extension |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Growth mindset, Feedback, Mathematics investigation, Metacognitive strategies, Questioning, Structuring lessons, Worked examples |
| Keywords | percentage |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | ICT general capability, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Algebra, Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Fractions, Operating with number, Percentage, Decimals, Multiplication and division |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA158
Find percentages of quantities and express one quantity as a percentage of another, with and without digital technologies.
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Operating with decimals
Multiplicative strategies Number patterns and algebraic thinking Operating with percentages - OwP5 |
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| Organisation | Inquiry Maths |
| Copyright | © Andrew Blair 2012-21. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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