Percentages as Decimals Discussion Problem

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Are you looking for an activity to challenge children who are confident in converting between percentages and decimals? This Year 5 Percentages as Decimals Discussion Problem resource is ideal. The worksheet includes a task which is perfect for children who are ready to flex their percentage and decimal problem-solving skills and put them into practice.

Our discussion problem is suitable for pairs or small groups. It will encourage children to think critically, use mathematical language and share ideas in order to solve the problem. We've included a modelled answer for children to refer to when they've finished.

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Curriculum Objectives

  • Recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal
  • Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2 , 1/4 , 1/5 , 2/5 , 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25

Tags

Fractions Including Decimals

Spring

5F11

5F12