OVERVIEW

Higher: Students will learn how to calculate growth and decay using percentages. Calculate using compound measures. Solve problems involving ratio and proportion.

CAREERS

Medicine, Engineer, Scientists, Construction, Pilot, Mathematician, Transport, Laboratory technician, Vehicle Designer.

CULTURAL CAPITAL

The human body has certain ratios so artists know the bodies will look in correct proportion if drawn to the proper ratio

Find a recipe for 4 people and change it so that you can make enough for 10 people

Ratio questions often involve sharing money in the ratio of the recipient children’s ages – but in real life, would this be fair?

The Golden Ratio – providing perfect proportions, found in nature and duplicated in architecture from earliest times.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (CROSS CURRICULAR)

In geography they use ratio to compare countries’ unemployment. In art the human body has certain ratios so artists know the bodies will look in correct proportion if drawn to the proper ratio.