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      Listed under:  Mathematics  >  Number (Mathematics)  >  Proportions  >  Percentages
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      Solving percentage problems

      • TLF-IDM011455

      This digital resource is a video demonstration of a procedural method to calculate an unknown quantity, given an amount is a known percentage of the unknown. For a single example, students are presented with an algorithmic, step-by-step, pen-and-paper method. The demonstration is complemented by the presenter's commentary ...

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      Playground percentages

      • TLF-IDL133

      Help a town planner to design two site plans for a school. Assign regions on a 10x10 grid for different uses such as a playground, canteen, car park or lawn. Calculate the percentage of the total site used for each region. Use a number line to display fractions and equivalent fractions.

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      My Five Cents: What is opportunity cost?

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      What is the true cost of buying something? Gen Fricker explains that it's more than just money. Learn about opportunity cost - what it is, why it's a helpful tool and when to use it. Simple! Then test yourself with ASIC MoneySmart's "Things to think about" classroom exercises.  

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      The foul food maker: go figure

      • TLF-IDL215

      This tutorial is suitable for use with a screen reader. It explains how the use of simple words can describe the likelihood of everyday events. How likely is an event: certain, likely, equal chance, unlikely or certainly not? Answer some questions using these words and then build your own examples. Learn how to describe ...

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      Fish market: explore trading

      • TLF-IDL2574

      Buy and sell fish in trading markets in a range of Australian and New Zealand cities. Compare market prices, supply and demand. Explore a range of traders to find the best deals and open up new markets. Find a rare fish. Maximise your profit and reputation as a smart trader. This learning object is the first in a series ...

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      Converting decimals to percentages

      • TLF-IDM012415

      This interactive resource consists of a series of questions about converting decimals into percentages. The viewer is required to convert a decimal number into a percentage and enter the answer in a window on the screen. The answer can be checked and, if correct, the viewer moves to the next question. Help is available ...

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      reSolve: Modelling Motion - Year 7

      • TLF-IDM025029

      This sequence of seven lessons challenges students to use simple equipment to predict, observe and represent motion. They create a series of graphs to represent motion and construct instruments to measure forces in one and then two dimensions. They interpret these representations to develop concepts of force and motion. ...

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      Decimaster: match-up 1

      • TLF-IDL1076

      Explore ways of representing decimals using mathematical notation and visual tools. Match a decimal fraction between 0 and 1 such as 0.7. Adjust units on an area representation and a common fraction. Match three decimals with each tool.

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      How does income tax work?

      • TLF-IDM025251

      Gen Fricker makes income tax interesting! Learn about income tax - what it is, how it works and when you have to pay it. Easy-peasy! Then test yourself with ASIC Moneysmart's "Things to think about" classroom exercises.

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      Comparing fuel consumption

      • TLF-IDM021132

      Is it more fuel efficient to drive or fly between two places? Watch this clip and learn how to calculate the answer. What are the various factors that need to be taken into account? This video was made using the American measurement of gallons per hour, American firgures for the average number of passengers in a car and ...

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      BBC Bitesize: fractions - revision

      • TLF-IDM010511

      This is a set of information sheets dealing with fraction concepts, terminology and calculations. Students are presented with practice questions and have access to a short test to assess their learning. This resource is one of a series of online resources from the BBC's Bitesize collection.

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      Fractions

      • TLF-IDM012841

      This is a website designed for both teachers and students that addresses components of the arithmetic of fractions. It is particularly relevant for comparison and addition and subtraction of fractions with related denominators. It also contains material on finding a fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number. ...

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      Equivalent fractions and the use of the number line

      • TLF-IDM014343

      This is a website designed for both teachers and students that addresses equivalent fractions from the Australian Curriculum for year 7 students. It contains material on equivalent fractions, and explains how equivalence can be demonstrated on the number line. There are pages for both teachers and students. The student ...

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      The Numberline

      • TLF-IDM016500

      An interactive tool that can help students explore a number line, including points representing integers, fractions and decimals

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      Sites2See – number for primary

      • TLF-IDM016278

      Selected links to a range of interactive online resources for the study of number in Foundation to Year 6 Mathematics.

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      Sites2See – applied mathematics

      • TLF-IDM016633

      This collection of resources for Applied Mathematics has helpful links for the six Focus Studies - Communication, Driving, Design, Household Finance, Human Body and Personal Resource Usage. A laptop-friendly resource.

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      Connecting fractions, decimals and percentages

      • TLF-IDM013739

      This is a website designed for both teachers and students that addresses the connections between fractions, decimals and percentages from the Australian Curriculum for year 6 students. It contains material on the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages and helps students understand that although there are ...

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      Multiplication and division of decimals

      • TLF-IDM014345

      This is a website designed for both teachers and students that addresses multiplication and division of decimals from the Australian Curriculum for year 7 students. It contains material on multiplication and division of decimals and helps students to understand multiplication and division as inverses of each other. There ...

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      Laptop wrap: Investing wisely

      • TLF-IDM016157

      In this laptop-friendly resource, students investigate unit pricing and explore the formulae and concepts of simple and compound interest.

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      TIMES Module 22: Number and Algebra: consumer arithmetic - teacher guide

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      This is a 23-page guide for teachers, providing an introduction to the financial mathematics component of the number and algebra strands for years 9 and 10. A brief history of the concept of money concludes the module.

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