Y6 Mathematics
This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount lesson covers the prior learning of converting fractions to percentages before moving onto the main skill of finding the percentage of an amount.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
National Curriculum Objective
Mathematics Year 6: (6R2) Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison
Mathematics Year 6: (6F11) Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts
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These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of converting fractions to percentages, before moving onto the main skill of percentage of an amount 1. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.
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These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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In this Percentages of an Amount Video Tutorial 1, Ivan shows pupils how to find 1%, 10%, 25% and 50% of different amounts.
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This worksheet recaps prior learning of converting fractions to percentages before moving onto the main skill of finding the percentage of an amount.
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This Year 6 Fractions to Percentages Game checks pupils' understanding of converting fractions to percentages.
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This worksheet includes differentiated varied fluency questions for pupils to practise interpreting and using percentages in context.
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This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount Reasoning Practice 1 checks pupils' understanding of identifying, calculating and comparing 1%, 10%, 25% or 50% of any given amount.
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This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of percentage of an amount 1.
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This Percentage of an Amount 1 Discussion Problems includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.
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This percentage of an amount 1 extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the percentage of an amount 1 lesson.
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This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount 1 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils' ability to find 50%, 25%, 10% and 1% of any amount.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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These Percentages worksheets are fantastic at helping your pupils practice their reasoning and problem solving skills. This pack contains two different question types for Year 6 Spring Block 2.
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This Spring week 4 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets