Learning unit: Percentages Harder

By Warren Shepheard and Vince Wright

This unit builds on the first percentages unit. It looks at percentages as proportions and the part-whole or whole-whole relationships involved.Several helpful ways to represent percentage problems are introduced.

Designed for tutors and learners working with percentage problems in their courses, such as GST calculations, it contains useful sides with notes on how to solve problems. There are two options for downloads of PowerPoints:

1. Tutor unit with teaching suggestions and important background information

2. Learner version with only the problem slides and solutions