KS2 Arithmetic (SATs) textbook

Chapter 4: Decimals and percentages

Strand Decimals, percentages and fractions
Level Year 6
Practice 104 questions with step-by-step solutions

KS2 SATs practice for arithmetic (Year 6). Original questions in the style of the national tests. Content: Read and write decimals as fractions, for example 0.71 = 71/100, and recognise thousandths (Year 5), Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places; multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 (Year 6), Multiply and divide numbers with up to two decimal places by one-digit and two-digit whole numbers (Year 5), Round to a specified degree of accuracy, including in context (Year 6), Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages (Year 5-6), Calculate percentages of amounts, such as 15% of 360, and use percentages for comparison (Year 5-6).

Open Year 6 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Write a decimal as a fraction and a fraction as a decimal
Find the value of a digit in a decimal to three places
Compare, order and round decimals
Multiply and divide decimals by whole numbers
Change between fractions, decimals and percentages, and find a percentage of an amount

You should already know

Place value and tenths, hundredths (Year 5 maths)
Fractions with denominators 2, 4, 5 and 10 (Chapter 3 of this book)

Where this leads

Ratio and proportion, including percentages as a proportion of a whole (Chapter 5 of this book)

Lessons in this chapter

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Practise with real exam questions

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