Operating with percentages description
This sub-element focuses on understanding the use of percentages in representing quantities. It begins with understanding the concept of a percentage, progresses through calculations of a percentage, finding a percentage change first through two steps …
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OwP3
Find a part of a whole as a percentage uses a strategy to find a percentage that represents part of a whole (what per cent is 7 of 28, may use benchmark fractions, or what per cent is 7 of 29, may multiply to calculate)
OwP3 | Operating with percentages | Number sense and algebra | National Numeracy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
OwP1
Understanding percentages and relative size interprets per cent as meaning ‘out of 100’ recognises that 100% is a complete whole interprets a percentage as an operator (percentage is of an amount, 17% of $80, 17% does not exist alone without its …
OwP1 | Operating with percentages | Number sense and algebra | National Numeracy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources