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- Develop a strong knowledge and understanding of what percentages are and where we might see them in our everyday lives.
- Collect and analyse date so that we are able to make informed decisions backed by evidence.
- Understand what probability is and how an event may or may not depend on other events.
- We will explore the world around us, looking at real life examples in each topic we cover.
Key terms for each topic can be found here:
Percentages, Statistics & Probability
Percentages
- Percentage - Decimal - Fractions equivalents.
- Calculating percentages by writing as a fraction.
- Calculating basic percentages i.e. 50%, 25%, 10%, 1%
- Using multiples of 10% and 1% to work out percentages without a calculator.
- Finding percentages using a calculator.
- Calculating percentage increase and decrease.
Statistics
- Creating and interpreting different types of graphs, charts and tables.
- Finding mean, mode, median and range of a data set.
- Statistical analysis and communicating results and decisions effectively.
Probability
- Simple fractional probabilities.
- Mutually exclusive events.
- Decision making based on probability.
- Probabilities as fractions, decimals and percentages.
- Comparing probabilities in all formats
- Working with 2 way tables.
- Expectations