Year 6 - Maths
Explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways
Understanding percentages
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will explain what percent means and how to represent a percentage in different ways. They will learn how to convert percentages to decimals and fractions and solve conversion problems.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain what percent means and represent a percentage in different ways.
Key Notes
- Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.
- Percentages are parts of the whole.
- Percentages can be represented using one-hundred squares or number lines.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Percent: Percent means the number of parts in each hundred.
- Percentage: A percentage is a proportion of a whole.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may make mistakes when determining the percentage of different wholes that are not equal in size or value.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.
Percent means the number of parts in each hundred. Percentages are parts of the whole.
2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Percent'
Percent means the number of parts in each hundred. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.
3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may make mistakes when determining the percentage of different wholes that are not equal in size or value. Correction: Talk about the differences between the different wholes explored. Describe percentage as a proportion of that specific whole. Compare two different wholes where the percentages of them are the same and where the percentages of them are different.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Explain how to convert a percentage to a fraction without a denominator of 100 Study Guide
- Explain how to convert percentages to decimals and fractions with a denominator of 100 Study Guide
- Explain how to solve problems where the percentage part and size is known but the whole is unknown Study Guide
- Solve problems involving percentages in a range of contexts Study Guide
- Solve problems where the known percentage part and size represents a change to the whole Study Guide
- Use knowledge of calculating 50%, 10% and 1% of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts Study Guide
- Use knowledge of calculating any percentage of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts Study Guide
- Use knowledge of calculating common percentages of a number to solve problems in a range of contexts Study Guide
- Use knowledge of fraction-decimal-percentage conversions to solve problems in a range of contexts Study Guide
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