Max Maths, Year 5, Try it, Percentages

In an engaging exercise from the Max Maths textbook for Year 5, students are presented with a colourful visual learning task involving 100 flowers. They are tasked with identifying and counting the number of red flowers among the total. This simple yet effective activity not only helps students practice their counting skills but also introduces them to the concept of percentages in a relatable and visual manner. Once they have determined the number of red flowers, they are then asked to calculate what percentage of the total these red flowers represent.

Moving beyond just red, the exercise extends to other colours, prompting students to calculate the percentages of pink and yellow flowers as well. This reinforces the idea that percentages are a part of a whole, in this case, the whole being the 100 flowers. To round off the activity, students are also asked to figure out what percentage of the flowers are not red, encouraging them to think about complementary percentages and reinforcing their understanding of the concept that all percentages in a given scenario must add up to 100%. Students are reminded to include the percentage symbol (%) in their answers, helping them to familiarise themselves with the correct notation for percentages.