Year 9 - Maths
Personal assistant
Maths in the workplace
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Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand how maths is used by personal assistants.
Key Notes
- A strong understanding of time is necessary
- Personal assistants often book appointments for their clients
Vocabulary To Learn
- Percentage: A percentage is a proportion of a whole.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may be unfamiliar with train timetables and how to interpret them.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.
A strong understanding of time is necessary. Personal assistants often book appointments for their clients.
2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Percentage'
A percentage is a proportion of a whole. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.
3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may be unfamiliar with train timetables and how to interpret them. Correction: Each column of times can be given a header of Train 1, Train 2 etc. This will make it clearer that the times in a column refer to when that train will reach a station.
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