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Oct 052012
 

How many nurses could be employed with the money given in bonuses to RBS bankers? You can work it out here!

Oct 052012
 

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Download, print and cut out the triangles. Work with a friend to try and match all the questions with the correct answers and make a shape.

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Level 1 Jigsaw

Jan 152012
 

To compare fractions, decimals and percentages change everything to decimals first.

So to place , 0.7 and 76% in order

= 0.75  (divide the numerator by the denominator)

76% = 0.76

So the correct order, smallest first is 0.7, , 76%

Try these

First exercise.

Second exercise

Third exercise.

Jan 142012
 

Numbers are often rounded to find approximate percentages. For example if 28 out of 119 ESOL students come from Eastern Europe we could round to the nearest ten, giving us 30 out of 120.

30÷120 x 100 = 25% so we can say that 28 out of 119 students is roughly 25%.

Practice approximating percentages with this quiz.