Percentages

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
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    Porridge

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    To make porridge, Goldilocks mixes oats and wheat bran..... what percentage of the mix is wheat?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
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    Pineapple Juice

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What percentage of this orange drink is juice?

  • Circle Packing
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    Circle Packing

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Equal circles can be arranged so that each circle touches four or six others. What percentage of the plane is covered by circles in each packing pattern? ...

  • Round and Round
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    Round and Round

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Prove that the shaded area of the semicircle is equal to the area of the inner circle.

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Antifreeze

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    How much more antifreeze is needed to make the proportion 30%?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Percentage Swap

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    What is 50% of 2007 plus 2007% of 50?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Percentage Unchanged

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    If the base of a rectangle is increased by 10% and the area is unchanged, by what percentage is the width decreased by?

  • Small tomato seedlings in pink pots.
    problem

    Antiques Roadshow

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Last year, on the television programme Antiques Roadshow... work out the approximate profit.

  • Activities on the Gattegno Chart
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    Activities on the Gattegno Chart

    In this article, Alf outlines six activities using the Gattegno chart, which help to develop understanding of place value, multiplication and division.