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Percentages

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of percentages and their uses. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 5, Year 6, Year 7
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	fraction, decimal, percentage, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Decimals, Fractions, Percentage
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M5N04 Recognise that 100% represents the complete whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size; connect familiar percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents AC9M7N04 Find equivalent representations of rational numbers and represent rational numbers on a number line AC9M6N08 Approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P9) Interpreting fractions (P6, P7, P8) Number and place value (P8, P10) Proportional thinking (P1, P2)
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Organisation	AMSI
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