Mathematics / Year 8 / Number and Algebra / Real numbers

• TLF-IDM019375

This teaching resource demonstrates ways in which real data can be interpreted and analysed. It is based on the interactive learning resource Choose your own statistics, in which data is presented as infographics, graphical representations and tables. The focus of the supporting teaching and learning activities is on analysing ...

• TLF-IDS8046

Use these tasks and resources to provide opportunities for students to explain mental strategies for performing calculations. Present a number of mathematical statements for students to investigate whether they are true or false. As a further challenge include statements about percentages and improper fractions.

• TLF-IDL6545

Examine sports statistics for successfully completed passes in a gridiron match. Adjust the number of completions and passes needed in a second match to produce a given combined percentage. Watch a video showing how performance statistics change during a match.

• TLF-IDM012136

This is a six-page HTML resource about solving problems with percentages. It contains one video and four questions, one of which is interactive. The resource discusses and explains solving problems with percentages to reinforce the students' understanding.

• TLF-IDM015985

Gold is a very precious metal. Listen to reporter Natasha Thiele explain how gold became so valuable and why the price of gold fluctuates. Find out how the ratio of dollar value per unit weight is used to calculate the value of an amount of gold. This clip provides a context to calculate ratios and percentage.

• TLF-IDM008813

This is a 15-page guide for teachers. This module introduces percentages and their many uses in science, commerce and measurement.

• TLF-IDL10840

Watch marbles fall from a tube, bounce through some obstacles and land in a slot. Calculate the relative frequencies for the bins the marbles land in. Explore the length of trials (number of marbles) required to predict the relative frequency for each bin.

• TLF-IDM007694

This is a website from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that provides up-to-date content and support in consumer and financial literacy for Australian educators. The website provides access to professional and personal learning programs, as well as resources for teaching and learning including units ...

• TLF-IDM007695

This professional learning module provides up-to-date content and support in consumer and financial literacy for educators working within Australian primary and secondary schools. Part 1 presents information about consumer and financial literacy in the education landscape. Part 2 provides examples of how schools are incorporating ...

• TLF-IDM008606

This is a 21-page guide for teachers containing an introduction to decimals and percentages. It shows how place value is extended to describe positive numbers less than one. It also explores how to represent decimals on the number line, compare decimals, undertake the four basic arithmetic operations with decimals and change ...

• TLF-IDM017772

This is a unit of work about progress towards achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Written from a global education perspective, the resource consists of four single- or multi-lesson activities, titled: What do the Millennium Development Goals measure?; Tracking the world's progress; Comparing ...