Y6 Mathematics
Percentage of an Amount 2 Lesson
This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount 2 lesson covers the prior learning of finding 1, 10, 25 and 50 percent of an amount, before moving onto the main skill of finding other percentages of amounts, such as 80%.
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 Percentage [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of Percentage for comparison
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2 Teaching Support
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of finding 1, 10, 25 and 50 percent of an amount, before moving onto the main skill of percentage of an amount 2. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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Modelling PowerPoint
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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Lesson Slides
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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Video Tutorial
In this Percentage of an Amount Video Tutorial 2, Ivan shows pupils how to find any percentage of an amount by finding 1%, 5% and 10%, and then using these to calculate other percentages.
1 Prior Learning
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Worksheet
This worksheet recaps prior learning of finding 1, 10, 25 and 50 percent of an amount, before moving onto the main skill of finding other percentages of amounts, such as 80%.
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Interactive Activity
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.
2 Varied Fluency
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Worksheet
This worksheet includes differentiated varied fluency questions for pupils to practise interpreting and using percentages in context.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount Game 2 includes five questions designed to check pupils' understanding of finding percentages of an amount.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 6 Percentage of Amounts Game comprises 10 questions based on the Key Stage 2 arithmetic assessments.
2 Application
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Discussion Problem
This percentage of an amount 2 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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Worksheet
This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of percentage of an amount 2.
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Extension
This percentage of an amount 2 extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the percentage of an amount 2 lesson.
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Interactive Challenge Activity
This Year 6 Percentage of an Amount 2 Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ ability to find percentages of amounts by finding multiples of 10% and other known percentages.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
2 Additional Activities
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Consolidation Pack
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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Home Learning Pack
This Spring week 4 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets
