Fractions and percentages

In maths we have been focusing on fractions. Some of us have been learning to find the fraction of a number as Dan explains in the above video. He shows it by counting out the groups. We have also been learning how to use our times tables to make this process quicker.

Today one of our groups was learning to find out the price of an item with the sale percentage taken off. e.g. 30% off some $75 shoes. We learnt to use an easy benchmark percentage like 10% to help work it out. So 10% off $75 is $7.50 but because it is 30% we need to times $7.50 by 3 which equals $22.50. We then take this amount off $75 which gives us the final price of $52.50.

The last of our maths groups has been learning to visualize fractions to help decide which fractions are bigger. We are also learning to use benchmark fractions like 1/2 to help us in this, e.g. In deciding if 8/14 is bigger than 1/2 we know that 7/14 would be a half so 8/14 is bigger than a half.