Percentages - 4ppt activities

Mathematics, Calculations and numerical method, Games and puzzles, Age 11-14, Age 14-16

4 ppt activities to use for teaching percentages. A set of quick fire questions for use with groups in a class, a game of bingo requiring students to solve clues to see if they have a value, a fill in the gaps activity requiring number processing and useful as a starter or plenary and a set of pot luck questions in the question of sport format.


1QUICK FIRE QUESTIONSEach question will be displayed for 20 seconds and then be replaced by the next. Work in your groups to answer the questions quickly and write them on the sheet in front of you. There are a total of 10 questions Teachable.net 2009. Some rights reserved. 2Question 1What percentage of this shape is yellow?3Question 2What percentage of this shape is yellow?4Question 3Polly has 3 green apples and 7 red apples, what percentage are red?5Question 4A shop window contains 6 chocolate rabbits with pink ribbons and 4 rabbits with blue ribbons, what percentage have pink ribbons?6Question 5What percentage of this shape is yellow?7Question 6What percentage of this shape is yellow?8Question 7Of a class of 25 children 10 have a cat as a pet. What is this as a percentage?9Question 8Of a class of 25 children 5 have a dog as a pet. What percentage of children do not have a dog at home?