Numerical Fluency and Proportion · Number & Operations

Advanced Percentages and Growth

Using multipliers for compound interest, depreciation, and iterative financial models.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does compound interest differ conceptually from simple interest over long periods?
  2. 2Why is a multiplier a more efficient tool for calculation than a multi step percentage change?
  3. 3How can we calculate the original value after a series of percentage increases and decreases?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Mathematics - NumberGCSE: Mathematics - Ratio, Proportion and Rates of Change
Year: Year 11
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Numerical Fluency and Proportion
Period: Number & Operations

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