Fractions & Percentages

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Contents
 Fractions – the Language of
 Equivalent Fractions and Cancelling
Fractions
 Top Heavy Fractions and Mixed Numbers
 Ordering Fractions
 Finding a Fraction of an amount

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What are Fractions ?

 Parts of a whole
 Eg. 1 3 2 6
2 4 3 7
Numerator
2
3 Denominator

1 1 1 1 1
Unit Fractions
2 3 4 5 50
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Fractions

What do they mean …

1 We have 1 of those parts
2 The whole is split into 2 parts

3 We have 3 of those parts

4 The whole is split into 4 parts

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Equivalent Fractions

1 2
2
 4
3
4
 12
16
x2 x4
1 2
2
 4
3
 12
16
4
x2 x4 5
Equivalent Fractions

x4 x3
5 21
8
 20 7

32 12 36
x4 x3

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Cancelling Fractions
 Reducing fractions to their simplest form
 Equivalent fractions using the smallest
numbers
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 Reduce 10 to simplest form
 Find HCF of 5 and 10 5
 So divide both numerator & denominator by 5
÷5
5 1
10
 2
÷5 7
Cancelling Fractions
 Cancel 16
12
15 36
 HCF = 3 HCF = 4
 So,
÷3 ÷4
12 4 16 4
15
 5 36
 9
÷3 ÷4
Top Heavy Fractions & Mixed Numbers
7
3
2 1
3

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 Convert 5into a mixed number

 1 + 1 + 2 = 2 2
5
5
 12 ÷ 5 = 2 with 52 left over

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Top Heavy Fractions & Mixed Numbers

 Convert 26 into a mixed number

3
 26 ÷ 3 = 8, with 2 left over, so
3 8 2
3
 Convert 35
3 a top heavy fraction
into

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 How many fifths 5
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Top Heavy Fractions & Mixed Numbers

 Convert 3 into
3
5
a top heavy fraction

3 = ( 3 x 5 )=3
 So 3 5 5
18
5
 Try 3 1
3 5 3
7


(3x 3 )1 = 10 = (5x7)  3 38
3 3 7 7
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Ordering Fractions
1 4 2 3
5 5 5 5 Easy !!
 But what about …..

3 5 11
5 8 20
 Convert to equivalent fractions with
same denominator first 40
 Find LCM of 5, 8 and 20 (denominators)

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Ordering Fractions
3
5
 24
40
5
8
 25
40
11
20
 22
40
 Now put them in order …
22 24 25
40 40 40
 So, then answer the question
11 3 5
20 5 8

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Finding a Fraction

 What is 1 of £50 ? 2 50
2

 What about 1 of £100 ? 4 100

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1
 To find
5÷5
 To find 1 ÷ 25
25 1 yes,
 How would we find 157 ÷ 157
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Finding a Fraction

 What about 2 of £125 ?

5
1 25
 Find
5 first – 5 125
25
 Then, x by 2 x2
50
 So, 2 of £125 is £50
5
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Practice Time

 Try questions from file “fractions-of-

amounts”

 Challenge yourself with questions from

file “fractions-finding-original”

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Contents – Percentages
 What are Percentages ?
 Converting between Fractions and
Percentages
 Finding a Percentage

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What are Percentages ?

 They are just like fractions

 The whole is always split into 100 parts
 So 35% means 35 out of the 100 parts

35
100

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Converting between F, D & P

 Converting a percentage to a fraction

 40% means 40 out of every 100

40
100  2
5
 Don’t forget to cancel down, if possible
Converting between F, D & P

 Converting a fraction to a percentage

 You need to find the equivalent fraction
which has 100 as the denominator
x 20
 3  ___ 60 So 60%
 5 x 20 100
Exercises

Use file name “percentages-fractions-

Exercises”
Finding a Percentage – Without a
Next class Calculator
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 Remember, 10% = 10 1
100  10

 To find 1 we  by 10
10
 Without a
Finding a Percentage - Calculator

 Use this info to find any percentage

 i.e. Find 30% of £240
 10% = £24
 So, 30% = 3 x £24 = £72

 30% = £72.00
 Without a
Finding a Percentage - Calculator

 45% of 120 children at the theatre were

boys, how many were boys ?
 10% = 12 so 5% = 6 (half of 10%)
 So, 40% = 4 x 12 = 48
 and 5% = 6

 45% = 48 + 6 = 54 boys
Practice Time

Try questions from file “percentage-of-an-

amount-non-calculator-exercises”

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