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Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
Look for and use mathematical structure: exploit the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percentages; use factor pairs to simplify multiplication; apply angle facts to find unknowns; use properties of regular polygons systematically
Suggested ages 9–10
Learning journey
Your child is developing advanced problem-solving skills, learning to choose the best mathematical tools and methods for complex problems, and communicating their mathematical reasoning clearly.
Evidence of understanding
- Use the structure 25 × 16 = 25 × 4 × 4 = 100 × 4 = 400 by exploiting factor pairs
- Recognise that 0.75 = 3/4 = 75% and use whichever form is most efficient for the problem
- Use the fact that angles on a straight line sum to 180° as a structural tool to find missing angles
Assessment prompt
When Fractions, Decimals & Percentages notices that fractions, decimals, and percentages are just different ways of writing the same thing, do they use that understanding to switch between them fluidly when it makes a calculation easier?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.