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Percents and Ratios

Lucille Caron - Author

Philip M. St. Jacques - Author

This is a structured maths guide covering ratios, proportions, fractions, decimals and percentages, then applying them to scale drawings, probability, pricing, discounts, income and interest.

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Ratios· ExplainedProportions· ExplainedFractions· Explained

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ratiosproportionsfractionsdecimals and percentagesunit pricingdiscountscommissionincome and interest

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Themes in Context

Building connected mathematical understanding

The book presents these ideas as related concepts, including equivalent ratios and links between ratios, fractions, decimals and percentages.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: It appears designed to explain how different numerical representations connect, rather than merely list procedures.

Talk about: Can the reader describe the relationship between the representations without relying only on a memorised rule?

Mathematics in everyday and financial contexts

Later sections apply percentages and ratios to pricing, sale prices, commission, income, simple interest and compound interest.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.

Talk about: If a calculation involves a sale price or interest, can the reader identify which number is the part, whole, rate or change?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

It may be worth reading for how it addresses building connected mathematical understanding.

What Deserves Attention

Pay particular attention when the book moves between ratios, fractions, decimals and percentages, then revisit applications such as sale prices, commission and interest to check whether the underlying relationships are understood.

A Conversation Worth Having

Can the reader explain why two equivalent ratios represent the same relationship, and distinguish finding a percentage of a number from finding the whole or the percentage change?

Reading Approach

Work through one concept at a time, asking the reader to explain each example before attempting a similar calculation; connect later topics to earlier ratio, fraction and decimal relationships.

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Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Building connected mathematical understanding: Some details of this treatment remain unclear.
Mathematics in everyday and financial contexts: The book's examples may differ in difficulty and context, but their precise wording and assumptions are not available.

Percents and Ratios

Limited information

Checked: 22 September 2026.

Relevant to: Building connected mathematical understanding; Mathematics in everyday and financial contexts

Percents and Ratios (Math Success) by Lucille Caron; Philip M. St. Jacques (9780766014350)

Limited information

Checked: 22 September 2026.

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Percents and Ratios

At a Glance

Discover

Consider

Personalised Fit

Beyond the Cover

Themes in Context

Building connected mathematical understanding

Mathematics in everyday and financial contexts

Why It May Be Worth Reading

What Deserves Attention

A Conversation Worth Having

Reading Approach

What remains unconfirmed