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The author focuses especially on weaknesses in numeracy often observed in adults, and in teacher-trainees in particular.
Check-up 28: More Division Strategies
Check-up 28: More Division Strategies
In a primary school, a total of 54 out of 72 pupils achieved level 4 or above in the Key Stage 2 science test one year. The following year it was 47 out of 61 pupils. To express these as percentages, a headteacher decides to calculate 5400 ÷ 72 and 4700 ÷ 61. Without a calculator, complete these calculations.
Discussion and Explanation of Check-up 28
Your reaction to the first calculation here was probably that this was a fairly daft way of finding this proportion as a percentage! I agree. But if you do express the calculation as 5400 ÷ 72, it ...