Mastering Percentages: A Math Adventure

• Mathematics
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Percentage Increase and Decrease

Percentage increase is the amount by which a quantity increases in relation to the original amount. Percentage decrease is the amount by which a quantity decreases in relation to the original amount.

What percentage of 120 is 24?

1. 30
2. 15
3. 20
4. 25

What is 1/5 as a percentage

1. 20%
2. 5%
3. 15%
4. 25%

What is 3/6 as a percentage

1. 36%
2. 50%
3. 18%
4. 63%

What percentage of the Dutch population is refugee?

1. 0,5%
2. 1,5%
3. 2%
4. 3,5%

What percentage of animals live in the ocean?

1. 25
2. 42
3. 64
4. 78

Mastering Percentages: A Math Adventure

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand the concept of percentages, calculate percentages, and apply percentages in various real-life scenarios.

What do you already know about percentages?

What are Percentages?

Percentages are a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100. It is denoted by the symbol '%'. For example, 50% means 50 out of 100.

Calculating Percentages

To calculate a percentage of a number, multiply the number by the percentage as a decimal. For example, to find 20% of 80, multiply 80 by 0.20 to get 16.

Applications of Percentages

Percentages are widely used in various fields such as finance, business, and everyday life. They help in understanding discounts, markups, interest rates, and much more.

Percentage Problems

Solve word problems involving percentages to develop a deeper understanding of their practical applications.

Interactive Activity: Percentage Quiz

Engage in a fun quiz to test your understanding of percentages and strengthen your knowledge through interactive learning.

Conclusion

Recap the key concepts of percentages and their applications. Encourage students to practice and explore more real-world examples to reinforce their understanding.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.