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Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways

I can explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways.

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Year 6

Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways

I can explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.
  2. Percentages are parts of the whole.
  3. Percentages can be represented using one-hundred squares or number lines.

Keywords

  • Percent - Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.

  • Percentage - A percentage is a proportion of a whole.

Common misconception

Pupils may make mistakes when determining the percentage of different wholes that are not equal in size or value.

Talk about the differences between the different wholes explored. Describe percentage as a proportion of that specific whole. Compare two different wholes where the percentages of them are the same and where the percentages of them are different.

Give opportunities to estimate beyond the lesson to develop understanding of percentages. Ask what percentage of the lesson has been covered so far, what percentage of their water bottle they have drunk, etc. Develop understanding that 10% is a very small proportion and 90% is nearly one whole.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the pairs of numbers that sum to 100
Correct Answer:30,70

70

Correct Answer:60,40

40

Correct Answer:90,10

10

Correct Answer:20,80

80

Correct Answer:50,50

50

Q2.
Match the pairs of numbers that sum to 100
Correct Answer:65,35

35

Correct Answer:55,45

45

Correct Answer:72,28

28

Correct Answer:62,38

38

Correct Answer:53,47

47

Q3.
The whole has been divided into 100 equal parts. Each part is one-__________ of the whole.
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tenth
Correct answer: hundredth
thousandth
Q4.
Match the division equation to its quotient.
Correct Answer:100 ÷ 10 =,10

10

Correct Answer:100 ÷ 5 =,20

20

Correct Answer:100 ÷ 4 =,25

25

Correct Answer:100 ÷ 2 =,50

50

Q5.
Match the letters to the estimated value on the number line.
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Correct Answer:A,25

25

Correct Answer:B,91

91

Correct Answer:C,53

53

Correct Answer:D,75

75

Q6.
Match to show one-tenth of these numbers.
Correct Answer:One-tenth of 80,8

8

Correct Answer:One-tenth of 60,6

6

Correct Answer:One-tenth of 30,3

3

Correct Answer:One-tenth of 100,10

10

Correct Answer:One-tenth of 50,5

5

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the keywords to the correct description.
Correct Answer:Percent means,the number of parts in each 100

the number of parts in each 100

Correct Answer:A percentage is,a proportion of a whole.

a proportion of a whole.

Q2.
Percent means how many parts in each 100 Match the number of people to the correct percentage.
Correct Answer:35%,35 people in each 100

35 people in each 100

Correct Answer:60%,60 people in each 100

60 people in each 100

Correct Answer:17%,17 people in each 100

17 people in each 100

Correct Answer:90%,90 people in each 100

90 people in each 100

Q3.
What percentage is represented by the one-hundred squares? %
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Correct Answer: 60
Q4.
Estimate the percentage of power left in each of the batteries.
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Correct Answer:A,80%

80%

Correct Answer:B,10%

10%

Correct Answer:C,40%

40%

Q5.
Estimate how much of the race that Jun has completed. %
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Correct Answer: 50
Q6.
Estimate how much of the race each child has completed.
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Correct Answer:Jacob,10%

10%

Correct Answer:Izzy,80%

80%

Correct Answer:Sofia,60%

60%

Correct Answer:Alex,40%

40%