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Understanding percentages

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  • Number
  • Number: Fractions
  • Number: Multiplication and division
  • Ratio and Proportion

This unit introduces pupils to percentages. They explain what percent means and represent percentages in different ways, linking them to parts of a whole and converting between common fractions and percentages. They also consider equivalence with decimals. They use knowledge of calculating parts of a whole to calculate 50, 10 and 1% of values before combining these to calculate other percentages. Pupils also explain how to calculate the whole when a percentage is known and solve problems in a range of contexts. This prepares pupils for work on statistics.

  1. Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways
  2. Explain how to convert percentages to decimals and fractions with a denominator of 100
  3. Explain how to convert a percentage to a fraction without a denominator of 100
  4. Use knowledge of fraction-decimal-percentage conversions to solve problems in a range of contexts
  5. Use knowledge of calculating 50%, 10% and 1% of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts
  6. Use knowledge of calculating common percentages of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts
  7. Use knowledge of calculating any percentage of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts
  8. Explain how to solve problems where the percentage part and size is known but the whole is unknown
  9. Solve problems where the known percentage part and size represents a change to the whole
  10. Solve problems involving percentages in a range of contexts

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