🔢 Mathematics · Ratio & Proportion
Percentages (age 12+)
Solve problems involving percentage increase, percentage decrease, finding the original value after a percentage change, and calculating simple interest
Typical age: 12–14 years
“If a bike originally costs £250 and its price goes up by 8%, can your child work out the new price — and if a savings account earns 3% simple interest per year, how much interest would £500 earn in 4 years?”
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Needs first
- Decimals and fractions (age 10+)REQUIRED
Using decimal multipliers for percentage change requires fraction-decimal fluency
- Proportional Reasoning Vocabulary
Percentage increase/decrease problems use 'rate', 'proportion', and 'multiplicative relationship' vocabulary
- Calculating PercentagesREQUIRED
Percentage increase/decrease extends KS2 percentage calculations