Max Maths, Year 5, Practice, Percentages

In the Max Maths Year 5 practice section on percentages, students are encouraged to reinforce their understanding of percentages through a series of exercises. They begin by converting fractions with a denominator of 100 into percentages. For example, they must identify what percentage 32 out of 100 represents, as well as other values such as 99, 40, and 0 out of 100. Conversely, they are also tasked with determining what fraction out of 100 corresponds to given percentages, such as finding the number out of 100 that represents 64%, 7%, 83%, and 91%.

After completing these exercises, students are instructed to form small groups and engage with real-world applications of percentages by examining examples of newspaper or magazine advertising provided by their teacher. They discuss the implications of the percentages used in these adverts and consider which ones could be expressed using halves and tenths. The activity encourages students to think critically about how percentages are used in marketing and to explore the possibility of rewriting the advertisements using fractions, enhancing their understanding of the relationship between percentages and fractions. They also have the opportunity to view articles collected by other groups and discuss the use of percentages within them, further developing their analytical skills.