Thursday, September 18, 2025
Success Criteria:
Progress measure:
1. I can increase and decrease a quantity by a percentage
1. 1.
2. 2.
2. I can express one quantity as a percentage of another 3. 3.
3. I can calculate a percentage change
Keywords:
Percentage, amount,
sale, multiplier,
increase, decrease,
change, original
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
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September
Reverse Percentages
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September
09/18/2025 18,
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September
Reverse Percentages
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
I do I invested some money in the bank and got 20% interest.
At the end of the year I had $360.
How much did I put in the bank?
× 1.2
100% 120%
$300
? $360
÷ 1.2
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
I do I invested some money in the bank and got 40% interest.
At the end of the year I had $630.
How much did I put in the bank?
× 1.4
100% 140%
?
$450 $630
÷ 1.4
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Mini Whiteboard
Activity
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
This year oil increased by 15% to $109.25 per barrel. on your whiteboard and
don’t
How much did a barrel cost at the start of the year? lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18,
Oil was $65 after a 40% increase. 2025
S ki l l C he ck
What was its original price?
Example:
Oil went up 20% and cost $48.
How much was it before the increase?
× 1.2
A T-shirt was $28 after a 15% tax.
What was its original price?
100% 120%
? $48
A dress was $65 after a 12.5%
increase.
÷ 1.2
What was its original price?
Petrol increased to $145.35 after
a 7.4% tax. What was its original
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change price?
Thursday, September 18,
Oil was $65 after a 40% increase. 2025
S ki l l C he ck
What was its original price?
Example:
$46.43
Oil went up 20% and cost $48.
How much was it before the increase?
× 1.2
A T-shirt was $28 after a 15% tax.
What was its original price?
$24.35
100% 120%
? $48
A dress was $65 after a 12.5%
increase.
÷ 1.2
What was its original price?
$57.78
Answers Petrol increased to $145.35 after
a 7.4% tax. What was its original price?
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
$135.34
Thursday, September 18, 2025
I do
A pair of jeans were 30% off and cost $42.
How much were they before the sale?
× 0.7
100% 70%
?
$60 $42
SALE!
÷ 0.7
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Mini Whiteboard
Activity
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Question
Remember:
Write your answer clearly
on your whiteboard and
don’t
lift it up until I give the
signal to
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
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Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Peer
Swap Books, Purple Pens Ready!
Assess
Swap books and mark each others work. Look for any
errors.
Write 1 WWW and 1 EBI
Swap back and respond to your feedback.
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
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Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
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Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
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CHALLENGE !
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
Thursday, September 18, 2025
CHALLENGE !
ANSWERS:
https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/resources/5-reverse-p
ercentagesans.pdf
Learning Objective: Calculate percentage change
