Male, black hair, blue and white stripy top: 25% is a quarter.
It's 25/100, you break that down, it's 1/4 which is a quarter.
12½ % is an eighth.
And how do I know that?
A lot of our job calculations seem to end up as an eighth.
Male construction worker, black hair, glasses, red and blue stripy t-shirt: In the construction industry, all self-employed builders have to pay 20% tax when they submit their invoices.
So the subtotal is £250, and to work out the 20% tax reduction in this case, we'd have to take a fifth of £250, and a fifth is £50.
If I submit an incorrect invoice, I would have to re-do it, that will delay the payments so I won't get the money.
Female shopkeeper, black hair, black top: That's £5 please.
Female, grey hair and glasses: £5?
Female shopkeeper, black hair, black top: Yes please.
Female, grey hair and glasses: Cheers darling, ta.
Female shopkeeper, black hair, black top: Percentages can be same as a fraction.
So, 50% is the same as half price.
Half is easy to work out but, 50% sounds more impressive and attractive to the customers.
Percent and fractions are very useful to know when dealing with money or sales. 50% is equal to a half. 25% is equal to a quarter. 1% is equal to a hundredth.
Quick tips for tutors
Comparing fractions and percentages includes:
Explanation of the equivalent relationship between fractions, decimals and percentage
Related key vocabulary
Process of converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
Practical examples of using conversion to solve problems in everyday contexts
Activities to practise comparing fractions, decimals and fractions
Working out percentages of an amount and price discounts. interactive
Test your percentage calculating with this Bitesize interactive guide.
Downloadable Factsheets
Entry 1 & 2 - Half price sale
An introduction to half price sales.
Entry 3 - Fractions, decimals and percentages glossary
Summary of the main words used in discussing fractions, decimals and percentage, includes definitions.
Entry 3 - Common unit fractions as percentages
How to recognise unit fractions and convert them into percentages.
Entry 3 - Changing percentages to fractions
How to convert percentages to fractions.
Entry 3 - Common fractions as decimals and percentages
Summary of the correspondence between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Entry 3 - Fractions that have the same value
How to recognise equivalent fractions and convert to them using division and multiplication.
Level 1 - Changing decimals to percentages using fractions
How to convert decimals to percentages with fractions.
Level 1 - Changing decimals to percentages using multiplication
How to convert decimals to percentages by multiplying.
Level 1 - Changing fractions to decimals using division
How to convert fractions to decimals by dividing.
Level 1 - Changing percentages to decimals using fractions
How to convert percentages to decimals with fractions.
Level 1 - Changing percentages to decimals using division
How to convert percentages to decimals by dividing.
Level 1 - Decimals and percentages
Summary of the equivalence between decimals and percentages.
Level 1 - Fractions and decimals
Summary of the equivalence between fractions and decimals.
Level 1 - Fractions, decimals and percentages
How to write probabilities using fractions, decimals and percentages, and how to convert from one to another
Level 1- Changing fractions to decimals using equivalent fractions
How to convert fractions to decimals with equivalent fractions.
Downloadable Worksheets
Entry 1 & 2 - Money fractions and percentages
An activity in matching the fraction or percentage to the correct value in coins.
Entry 3 - Halves and quarters: matching activity
Exercise in pairing up halves, quarters and their percent equivalents with amounts of money.
Entry 3 - Practising one tenth and ten percent
Exercise in working with equivalent fractions.
Level 1 - Comparing decimals and percentages
Exercise in changing decimals to percentages and percentages to decimals.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and decimals: money
Exercise in calculating equivalent fractions and decimals in the context of pounds and pence.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and decimals: place value
Exercise in expressing decimals as fractions or mixed numbers, simplifying if possible.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and decimals: shapes
Exercise in expressing the shaded areas of shapes as fractions and decimals.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and percentages with money
Exercise in recognising the correspondence between fractions and percentages in the context of money.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and decimals
Exercise in changing fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
Level 1 - Dividing up food
Exercise in calculating fractions and percentages of whole numbers.
Level 1 - Problem solving with fractions, decimals and percentages
Exercise in resolving word problems using fractions, decimals and percentages.
Level 1 - Comparing prices in two shop sales
Exercise in working with fractions and percentages to find the best monetary value.
Level 1 - Comparing fractions and percentages
Exercise in changing fractions to percentages and percentages to fractions.
Level 1 - Calculating savings
Exercise in working out the cost of sale items using fractions and percentages.
