Max Maths, Year 6, Maths Challenge, Finding percentages of quantities and shapes

In the "Max Maths, Year 6, Maths Challenge," students are presented with practical exercises to enhance their understanding of finding percentages of various quantities and shapes. The "Let's Practise" section offers straightforward percentage calculations. For example, students are tasked with finding 60% of 120 kg, which introduces them to applying percentage to weight, and 25% of 240 ml, which relates percentage to volume. These exercises are designed to solidify their grasp of percentages in real-world contexts, such as ingredients in recipes or measuring substances.

Moving on to the application of percentages in a literary context, the challenge continues with a scenario involving a storybook of 95 pages. Students must calculate how many pages Han has read if he has completed 80% of the book, integrating reading habits with mathematical concepts. The "Maths Challenge" section encourages creativity and visual understanding by instructing students to draw a circle and shade it in portions according to given percentages: 50% red, 25% green, 20% blue, and the smallest fraction, 5%, yellow. This activity not only reinforces their knowledge of percentages but also their skills in dividing shapes into proportional parts, which can be useful in subjects such as art and design.