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Percentages: understanding, converting and calculating

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for understanding and using percentages, from understanding percentage in terms of quantity and how it relates to fractions and decimals, through to calculating the percentage of an amount.

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Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	bar model, hundred square, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding
Topics	Percentage, Decimals, Fractions, Multiplication and division
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA131 Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages ACMNA132 Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies
National numeracy learning progression	Operating with percentages - OwP1, OwP2, OwP3 Operating with decimals Interpreting fractions Multiplicative strategies
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