Mathematics / Year 8 / Number and Algebra / Real numbers

Curriculum content descriptions

Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases, with and without digital technologies (ACMNA187)

Elaborations
  • using percentages to solve problems, including those involving mark-ups, discounts,and GST
  • using percentages to calculate population increases and decreases
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • ICT capability Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
ScOT terms

Percentages

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Australia's Trade through Time

Using an interactive timeline created by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides 12 series of learning experiences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian trade from 1900 to the present day. Students study videos, tables, images and texts in order ...