Percentages

Guides in this topic

• F Finding 1 percent 1 guide Use division by 100 for small percentage calculations.
• F Finding 10 percent 1 guide Use division by 10 and place value.
• F Finding 20 percent 1 guide Use double 10% or one fifth.
• F Finding 25 percent 1 guide Connect 25% with one quarter and dividing by 4.
• F Finding 5 percent 1 guide Use half of 10% to calculate 5%.
• F Finding 50 percent 1 guide Connect 50% with one half and dividing by 2.
• F Finding 75 percent 1 guide Combine 50% and 25% or use three quarters.
• F Fractions decimals and percentages 1 guide Convert common values between three representations.
• P Percentage decrease for beginners 1 guide Explore reductions using discounts and simple contexts.
• P Percentage discounts 1 guide Use sale prices to practise percentage thinking.
• P Percentage increase for beginners 1 guide Explore increases using simple shop and score examples.
• P Percentage misconceptions 1 guide Fix errors such as treating percent as a whole number rather than out of 100.
• P Percentage vocabulary 1 guide Explain percent, percentage, discount, increase, decrease and equivalent.
• P Percentages and hundred squares 1 guide Use a 100-square to see percentages visually.
• P Percentages of amounts 1 guide Calculate simple percentages of numbers and quantities.
• W What is a percentage 1 guide Explain percent as 'out of 100' using grids and everyday examples.