Number, Fractions, Decimals, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion (Higher - Unit 3)

Topic:Number, Fractions, Decimals, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion
Estimated teaching time:Higher 3.0 hours

Specification references (in recommended teaching order)

N1.3 Understand and use number operations and the relationships between them, including inverse operations and hierarchy of operations.
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N1.4 Approximate to a given power of 10, up to three decimal places and one significant figure.
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N1.4h Approximate to specified or appropriate degrees of accuracy including a given number of decimal places and significant figures.
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N1.14h Use calculator effectively and efficiently including trigonometrical functions.
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N2.1 Understand equivalent fractions, simplifying a fraction by cancelling all common factors
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N2.5 Understand that ‘percentage’ means ‘number of parts per 100’ and use this to compare proportions.
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N2.6 Interpret fractions, decimals, percentages as operators
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N2.7 Calculate with fractions, decimals and percentages.
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N3.1 Use ratio notation, including reduction to simplest form and various links to fraction notation.
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N3.3h Solve problems involving ratio and proportion, including the unitary method of solution, direct and indirect proportion and exponential growth
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Teaching resources


Number - Rounding and significant figures - Lesson plan
Downloadable resource in doc format. 07/05/2010
Number - Direct and indirect proportion - Lesson plan
Downloadable resource in doc format. 30/04/2010

Number - Direct and indirect proportion - Worksheet
Downloadable resource in doc format. 07/05/2010
Number - Rounding and significant figures - Powerpoint
Downloadable resource in ppt format. 07/05/2010
Number - Rounding and significant figures - Resource sheet 1
Downloadable resource in doc format. 07/05/2010
Number - Rounding and significant figures - Worksheet 2 and Answers
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Number, fractions, decimals, percentage, ratio and proportion - Homework Sheet and Mark Scheme
Downloadable resource in doc format. 09/05/2010

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