Challenge #1 Decimals, Fractions and Percent

Introduction

Decimals, Fractions & Percent

Decimals, fractions and percent are different ways to present the same value.

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Task

Working with Decimals, Fractions and Percent

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You are working in the tuckshop, you cut an orange into four quarters.

Write this as a fraction

ANSWER:  4/4

 

You sell two quarters of the orange. How much do you have left?

ANSWER:  50%

 

There is 50% off everything at the tuckshop, what fraction is this?

ANSWER:  1/2

 

If you gave 3/5 of your sandwich to your friend and you ate the rest, who got the most sandwich?

ANSWER: your friend

 

If you sold 1/4 of a pizza, what percent would you have left?

ANSWER: 75%

 

Two more people arrived and you sold each of them 1/4 of the pizza. How much pizza do you have left?

Show as a decimal

ANSWER: 0.25

 

You are very hungry but you are told to share your pie with your friend, how much would you give yourself so that you received more than your friend?

Show as a fraction

ANSWER: 3/4, 4/5,3/5, 2/3, 5/6, 4/6, 7/8, 6/8, 5/8

(multiple solutions, higher order thinking)

 

You are buying a birthday cake worth $28,  you receive 25% discount. You have $25 in your wallet, do you have enough to buy the discounted birthday cake? Will you get any change? If so, how much change will i get?

Show your working

ANSWER: 25% of $28

25/100 = 0.25

0.25 x 28 = 7

28 - 7 = 21

Yes i have enough money to buy the cake, it is $21 and i have $25.

$25 - $21 = $4

Yes i will get change, I will get $4 change.

(higher order thinking, multiple steps, applying knowledge to a new scenario)