MathsYears 5–6Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

Percentages of amounts

Recognise the per cent symbol; solve problems involving finding percentages of amounts

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a 🍫 chocolate bar with 100 squares. 1% means 1 square — like 1 tiny bite!

  2. 2

    How many squares is 1% of a 100-square chocolate bar?

  3. 3

    Shade 10% of this 100-square chocolate bar 🍫 — that's 10 squares.

  4. 4

    Let's find 10% of 50 sweets 🍬

  5. 5

    What is 10% of 30?

  6. 6

    Find 25% of 80 by splitting into 4 equal parts on this bar model.

  7. 7

    What is 25% of 60?

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