Country of birth 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about writing decimal numbers as percentages. Question 1Change answer The table below shows the percentage of students born in different countries that attend Waterfield School. Write each percentage as a decimal in the spaces provided. The table below shows the percentage of students born in different countries that attend Waterfield School. Write each percentage as a decimal in the spaces provided. Country born in Percentage Decimal New Zealand 60% Samoa 24% Tonga 10% Australia 5% Japan 1% Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 4 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies Keywords: decimals, percentages Description of task: Students convert percentages to decimals. Answers/responses: Y9 (04/1999) a) b) c) d) e) 0.6 [accept 0.60] 0.24 0.1 [accept 0.10] 0.05 0.01 moderate moderate moderate moderate moderate Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely reason d) e) .5 .1 Confusing tenths and hundredths or misses place filler of 0 in tenths position. a) b) c) d) e) 6.0 2.4 1.0 0.5 0.1 Divides percent by 10. What part of the grid? Equivalents Health percentages Writing percentages
