Percentages?Decimals?

Who is afraid of….Fractions?

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Familiarise with the concept of decimals, fractions and percentages

To identify equivalences between fractions, decimals and percent.

To identify the relationship between fractions, decimals and percent

Be able to read, write, order and compare common fractions.

Where we can find Fractions,Percentages in every day life?

Let’s discuss it together…

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Take a look of this article. Notice how fractions and percentages are used to explain and analyse the result of the survey

• Fractions, decimals and percent are different ways of representing an amount.

• I.e. We could say 50% of something, or ½ or 0.5. These are all the same quantity.

• Fractions are about sharing. You may like to think of them as ‘parts of a whole’.

33%

17%

50%

What are fractions?• A fraction describes part of a whole

when the whole is cut into equal parts.

• This pizza has been cut into three equal parts. We call these thirds. A third is written as:

• Think about two slices. Two slices is two thirds:

  

1

3

Tells how many slices you have

Tells how many slices the pizzaWas cut into

1

3

Tells how many slices you have

Tells how many slices the pizzaWas cut into

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denominator

Writing fractions?• Look at the pictures below. How many parts are

these shapes divided into? Represent these shapes as fractions.

Converting between fractions, decimals and %:

A same value can be written in differentforms. For example:

½ 0.5 50%To convert a fraction into a decimal, divide the top of the fraction by the bottom of the fraction: e.g. ½ = 1÷2 = 0.5To convert a decimal into a percentage, multiply by 100:

e.g. 0.5 x 100 = 50%

Is the same as:

Is the same as:

Converting between fractions, decimals and %:

Place the fraction, decimal and % into the correct blank spaces on the grid.

Fraction

Decimal

%

½ 0.5¼ 25%

0.201/10 10%

0.75 75%3/9

100%

Fraction Decimal %

½ 0.5¼ 25%

0.201/10 10%

0.75 75%3/9

100%

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