KS2 Maths textbook
Year 6 Percentages: lesson and practice
- Strand Fractions and decimals
- Level Year 6
- Practice 101 questions with step-by-step solutions
By the end of this chapter you will be able to
- Change between fractions, decimals and percentages, and know the common equivalences by heart
- Find 10%, 1%, 50%, 25% and 75% of an amount, using the building blocks
- Find a percentage of a measure, such as 15% of 360, and of an amount of money
- Write one amount as a percentage of a whole, and find the whole from a percentage
- Compare percentages from different totals, and savings in pounds, to say which is better
- Estimate and check percentage answers, and explain your reasoning about them
You should already know
- Fractions, decimals and place value to three decimal places (Year 6, Chapters 4 and 5)
- Equivalent fractions and simplifying (Year 6, Chapter 4)
- Multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 (Year 6, Chapter 5)
- Per cent as out of 100, and the fractions and decimals of 1/2 and 1/4 (Year 5, Chapter 7)
Where this leads
- Ratio and proportion, where percentages are one way to compare amounts (Year 6, Chapter 7)
- Measures and conversions, with percentages of lengths and masses (Year 6, Chapter 9)
- Statistics: pie charts and percentages of a whole (Year 6, Chapter 12)
Lessons in this chapter
- 6.1 Per cent, fractions and decimals
- 6.2 Percentages in real life
- 6.3 Building blocks: 10%, 1%, 50%, 25% and 75%
- 6.4 Percentages of measures
- 6.5 Using percentages to compare
- 6.6 Estimating, checking and solving percentage problems
- Summary and key words
- Check-up and SATs-style questions
Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).
Practise with real exam questions
The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.