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Calculating a Percentage Change

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Calculating a Percentage Change
Calculating a Percentage Change
Calculating a Percentage Change
Calculating a Percentage Change
Calculating a Percentage Change

              Calculating a Percentage Change

              Students learn about calculating a percentage change using a decimal multiplier.  Learning progresses from finding a simple percentage increase to solving financial maths problems with interest and depreciation.The start of the lesson recaps how to find a percentage of an amount without a calculator.  The plenary challenges students to compare three deals each of which involves a proportion change.
              Differentiated Learning Objectives
              • All students should be able to calculate a percentage increase using a multiplier.
              • Most students should be able to calculate a percentage increase and decrease using a multiplier.
              • Some students should be able to calculate a repeated percentage increase and decrease using a multiplier.
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