Year 6 Percentage of an Amount Reasoning Practice 1

Teacher Specific Information

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. Pupils will decide whether statements are correct and choose appropriate reasons to explain their answers.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Number – fractions (including decimals and percentages)
Mathematics Year 6: (6F11) Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts

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