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Fractions N2/L1.8

Skills, knowledge and understanding		Example
Adults should be taught to:
8 .	read, write, order and compare simple percentages, and understand simple percentage increase and decrease	Understand 20% off in a sale. Understand a price increase of 10%.
	understand percentage as the number of parts in every 100
	know that 100% is the whole
	understand that a 10% pay increase is more than a 5% pay increase, but the actual increase depends on the number operated on

Sample activities

Discuss per cent as the number of pence in the £.
Express percentage pay increases as the number of pence in the pound.
Write percentages as fractions out of 100.
Discuss the meaning of percentages in everyday materials, e.g. newspaper articles, adverts, etc.
Investigate the effects of the zoom facility, expressed in percentages, on the text display in a Word document.

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