Year 6 Missing Percentages Maths Challenge

Year 6 Missing Percentages Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 Missing Percentages Maths Challenge aims to develop pupils’ ability to calculate percentages of an unknown number. Pupils will try to find the number that Alfro the Alien is thinking of by using the clues he has given. This problem solving activity supports deeper understanding of the objective.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Ratio and Proportion
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

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