Percentages - Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Starter

The 'Fluent in Four' revision segment provides Year 6 students with a series of mathematical challenges to enhance their numerical fluency. The tasks include arithmetic problems such as multiplying and doubling numbers. For example, students are asked to calculate '609 x 8' and to find the result of 'Double 193 multiplied by 9', which tests their multiplication skills. Additionally, the exercise includes a component that requires students to apply their understanding of fractions and decimals. In this part, they are presented with a statement from Esin, who says that 31/50 is more than 0.5, and students must determine whether they agree with this assertion and explain their reasoning, using their knowledge of equivalent fractions and decimals.

Further enriching their mathematical vocabulary and reasoning, the revision includes sentence completion exercises that involve comparing angles and using terms such as 'smaller', 'larger', and 'equal to'. Students are tasked with identifying whether a turn from one direction to another is equal to, larger than, or smaller than a right angle. Complementing these numerical and geometrical exercises, the students also interpret data from a line graph that depicts the population growth of a town over several decades. They are required to read the graph accurately to determine the population in the year 2010, which integrates their skills in data handling with real-world contexts.