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Percentage Worksheets Percentages of Numbers

Welcome to our Finding Percentage Worksheets. In this area, we have a selection of percentage worksheets for 6th graders designed to help children learn and practice finding percentages of numbers.

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• How to Find Percentages of a Number
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Percentage Learning

Percentages are another area that children can find quite difficult. There are several key areas within percentages which need to be mastered in order.

Our selection of percentage worksheets will help you to find percentages of numbers and amounts, as well as working out percentage increases and decreases and converting percentages to fractions or decimals.

Key percentage facts:

• 50% = 0.5 = ½
• 25% = 0.25 = ¼
• 75% = 0.75 = ¾
• 10% = 0.1 = 1 ⁄ 10
• 1% = 0.01 = 1 ⁄ 100

Percentage Worksheets

How to work out percentages of a number.

This page will help you learn to find the percentage of a given number.

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Finding Percentage Worksheets

Here you will find a selection of worksheets on percentages designed to help your child understand how to work out percentages of different numbers.

The sheets are graded so that the easier ones are at the top.

The sheets have been split up into sections as follows:

• finding simple percentages 1%, 10%, 50% and 100%;
• finding multiples of 5%;
• finding any percentage of a number.

The percentage worksheets have been designed for students in 6th grade, and all the sheets come with an answer sheet.

Finding Simple Percentages (1%, 10%, 50% and 100%)

These sheets are a great way to start off learning percentages.

All the questions involve finding either 1%, 10%, 50% or 100% of different numbers.

• Finding Simple Percentages 1
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• Finding Simple Percentages 3

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This quick quiz tests your understanding and skill at finding simple percentages of different amounts.

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• This quiz was attempted 1,329 times last academic year. The average (mean) score was 13.4 out of 19 marks.
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Finding Harder Percentages

• Find Percentages 1
• Find Percentages 2
• Find Percentages 3
• Find Percentages 4
• Find Percentages 5

Finding Percentages Walkthrough Video

This short video walkthrough shows several problems from our Finding Percentages Worksheet 3 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.

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Finding Percentages Quiz

This quick quiz tests your understanding and skill at finding a range of percentages of different amounts.

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Percentage of Money Amounts

Often when we are studying percentages, we look at them in the context of money.

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Percentage Word Problems

Once your child is confident finding percentages of a range of numbers, they can start using their knowledge to solve problems involving percentages.

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How can I work out the percentage increase (or decrease)?

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Converting Percentages to Fractions

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Percentage of an Amount — Problems with One Step (Year 6)

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This resource is suitable for the White Rose Maths Scheme of Learning, covering Spring Term Block 4 (Fractions, Decimals and Percentages), Step 7 (Percentages of an amount — one step).

Use this worksheet to help children practise finding percentages of an amount using this worksheet. Challenge children to calculate the percentages and write down their answers. Next, they must using the less than or greater than symbols to make each statement true.

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This resource is also available in a handy Lesson Pack, containing a selection of brilliant worksheets for this small step.

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• Key Stage: Key Stage 2
• Subject: Maths
• Topic: White Rose Maths | Spring Term: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages | Small Step 7
• Topic Group: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
• Year(s): Year 6
• Media Type: PDF
• Resource Type: Worksheet
• Last Updated: 24/10/2023
• Resource Code: M2WAT14473
• Curriculum Point(s): Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15 percent of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison.

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Finding percentages of amounts- fluency, reasoning and problem solving

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Percentage of an Amount 1 Year 6 Percentages Resource Pack

Step 4: Percentage of an Amount Year 6 Spring Block 2 Resources

Percentage of an Amount Year 6 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving resources for Spring Block 2.

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• Percentage of an Amount Year 6 Teaching PowerPoint.
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• Percentage of an Amount Year 6 Reasoning and Problem Solving with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

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

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

Differentiation for Percentage of an Amount Year 6:

Varied Fluency Developing Questions to support finding percentages of an amount. Finding 10% and 50% of any number. Expected Questions to support finding percentages of an amount. Finding 1%,10%, 25% and 50% of any number. Greater Depth Questions to support finding percentages of an amount. Finding 1%,10%, 25% and 50% of any number. Some conversions required and decimal numbers used.

Reasoning and Problem Solving Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Problem Solving) Developing Work out whether or not a percentage target has been met by various contributions. Includes finding 50% and 10%. Expected Work out whether or not a percentage target has been met by various contributions. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%. Greater Depth Work out whether or not a percentage target has been met by various contributions. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%, some conversions and decimal numbers.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Problem Solving) Developing Change the percentage or the amount in a calculation to reach the target answer. Includes finding 50% and 10%. Expected Change the percentage or the amount in a calculation to reach the target answer. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%. Greater Depth Change the percentage or the amount in a calculation to reach the target answer. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%, some conversions and decimal numbers.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning) Developing Give an example to show a statement about percentages can be true, or false. Includes finding 50% and 10%. Expected Give a pair of examples which show a statement about percentages can sometimes be true and sometimes be false. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%. Greater Depth Give a pair of examples which show a statement about percentages can sometimes be true and sometimes be false. Includes finding 50%, 25%, 10% and 1%, some conversions and decimal numbers.

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