Parts of the Whole: Fractions and Percentages · Number and Algebra

The Meaning of Percent

Introducing percentages as operators and parts of one hundred.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the word percent help us understand its mathematical meaning?
  2. 2What is the link between a 50 percent discount and dividing a price by two?
  3. 3Why is 100 percent considered a whole in some contexts but not others?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M5N05
Year: Year 5
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Parts of the Whole: Fractions and Percentages
Period: Number and Algebra

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