Percentages - Percentages of an amount (focus on 50, 25, 10 and 1 percent only) - Worksheet

The worksheet titled "Percentages of an Amount (1)" is designed to help Year 6 students master the concept of calculating specific percentages of various amounts, focusing on 50%, 25%, 10%, and 1%. The National Curriculum objective for this lesson is to solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of measures and to use percentages for comparison. Students are provided with differentiated sheets and teaching slides to aid their learning. The key vocabulary for this lesson includes terms such as percentage, amount, fraction, calculation, fractional equivalences, bar model, and the specific percentages being focused on. Students will use fractional equivalences and visual aids like bar models to find the required percentages of given amounts.

Throughout the worksheet, students are encouraged to engage with several key questions that deepen their understanding of the topic. For example, they consider why dividing a quantity by 2 yields 50% of the amount, how to mentally calculate 10% of a number, and the similarities and differences when finding 10% of different numbers. The exercises include finding percentages of multiples of 100 and various other numbers, with some students receiving examples and sentence stems to aid their learning, while others complete calculations independently using bar models. The worksheet also includes reasoning and problem-solving sections, where students must agree or disagree with statements about percentage calculations and explain their reasoning, further solidifying their grasp of the concepts.