We have been matching fractions, decimals and percents — the same amount written three ways. Some of these are easy to read straight off as tenths or hundredths; a few are trickier. Now look at this new value: 1/8. Have a guess: what is 1/8 as a decimal? What about as a percentage? Don't worry if you are unsure — we will check it together in a moment.
The interactive shows four fractions, each one as a fraction, a decimal and a percentage, using a phone battery. Watch how full each battery gets, and notice which decimals stop cleanly and which run on forever.
Now we work through these values together on the board: 3/5, then 1/4, then 9/10, and finally 1/6. We will all predict the decimal and percent first, then a named pupil comes up to drag the battery slider and check. Three of them stop cleanly, and one is a new one that runs on. Say which is which before we check each one.
In your maths copy, complete the row for each given value by writing the missing two equivalents. Underline your final answer on each row.
Now we work through these together on the board, one form given each time and the other two to find: 0.6 (which fraction? which percent?), then 1/8, then 70%, then 0.5, and last the tricky one, 1/6 that runs on. Predict where the battery will land before each check.
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