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Calculating ratios and percentage: gold price

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Gold is a very precious metal. Listen to reporter Natasha Thiele explain how gold became so valuable and why the price of gold fluctuates. Find out how the ratio of dollar value per unit weight is used to calculate the value of an amount of gold. This clip provides a context to calculate ratios and percentage.

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Number, Percentages, Ratio and Rates
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The Australian Curriculum:
Number and Algebra, Real numbers, Year 8 Solve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases, Year 8 Solve a range of problems involving rates and ratios, with and without digital technologies

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