Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Maths Percentages

Expressing fractions of 100 as percentages
Calculating percentages where the denominator is not 100.
Percentages (multiples of 10) of numbers - calculate 10% then scale up
eg
What is 40% of 30
10% 0f 30 = 3 so
40% of 30 = 4 lots of 10% = 12
40% of 30 = 12

simple problem solving using percentages
Calculating percent present or4 percent absent by extrapolation

NHM6 Pp 63, 64

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