Calculating Percentages
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison
Typical age: 10–11 years
“If a jumper originally costs £40 and is 15% off, can your child work out how much the discount is and what the sale price would be?”
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Needs first
- Decimals and fractions (age 10+)REQUIRED
Calculating percentages requires fraction-decimal-percentage equivalence
- Bar Models for Ratios
Percentage-of-amount problems can be set up as bar models showing 100% divided into parts
- Percentages (age 9+)REQUIRED
Calculating percentages of amounts requires 'percentage', 'proportion', and 'out of' vocabulary
- Decimal place value
Finding percentages often involves decimal multiplication
Unlocks next
- Percentages as FractionsREQUIRED
Percentages as fractions/decimals extends Y6 percentage calculations
- Line graphs (age 10+)
Pie chart sector angles connect to percentage calculation
- Percentages (age 12+)REQUIRED
Percentage increase/decrease extends KS2 percentage calculations
- Efficiency, Sankey diagrams, and work done
Calculating energy efficiency as a percentage requires percentage calculation skills from Math