Making a percentage change (non calculator)

A complete lesson on increasing or decreasing by a percentage.

Activities included:

Starter:
A template for pupils to work out lots of different percentages of £30

Main:

• Examples and a set of straight-forward questions making percentage changes.
• A connect 4 game for pupils to play in pairs, taking it in turns to work out percentage changes and win squares on a grid.
• A few questions to discuss about the game.
• A puzzle where pupils arrange numbers and percentage change statements to make a loop.

Plenary:
Some examples looking at making a percentage decrease a different way - eg decreasing by 25% by directly working out 75%

Printable worksheets and answers included.

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