Max Maths, Year 6, Work Book, Finding percentages of quantities and shapes (2)

The 'Max Maths' Year 6 Workbook provides exercises to help students understand how to find percentages of quantities, using practical scenarios. In Practice 2, students are tasked with expressing one quantity as a percentage of another. For example, Toby has bought some eggs, and students must calculate the percentage of eggs that are white compared to the total number of eggs. The workbook offers two methods for finding this percentage. The first method involves converting the fraction of white eggs into an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100, which then easily translates into a percentage. The second method takes the fraction of white eggs, multiplies it by 100, and adds the percentage symbol to express the result as a percentage.

Another exercise involves Tya and her collection of tall and short blocks. Students must determine what percentage of the blocks are tall. Again, the workbook provides two methods to solve this: finding an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100 and directly multiplying the fraction by 100 to get the percentage. Additional practice questions require students to apply these methods to various scenarios, such as finding the percentage equivalent for different fractions representing parts of a whole. These exercises encourage students to show their working and become proficient in converting fractions to percentages, an essential skill in mathematical literacy.