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Year 6 Maths — Percentages

Find a percentage of an amount, and change between fractions and percentages.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This line is the whole of something, split into a hundred. Move along it and read the percentages off.

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50 sits exactly halfway, 25 is halfway again, and 10 is a tenth of the way along. Those three are worth knowing by sight, because nearly every other percentage is built out of them.

  1. 1.A shirt costs £500 and is reduced by 20% in a sale. What is the sale price? Give just the number.

  2. 2.What is 50% of 96?

  3. 3.What is 25% of 80?

  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a bag for £400 and sells it for £500. What is the profit as a percentage of the cost? Give just the number.

  5. 5.Match each percentage to the same amount written as a fraction.

    • 50%
    • 25%
    • 20%
    • 75%
    • 10%
    • 1/4
    • 1/10
    • 3/4
    • 1/5
    • 1/2

  6. 6.What is 20% of 45?

  7. 7.What is 10% of 250?

  8. 8.Put these amounts in order, smallest first.

    • 0.4
    • 60%
    • 30%
    • 1/5
    • 1/2

Answer key — Year 6 Maths — Percentages

  1. 1. 400
  2. 2. 48
  3. 3. 20
  4. 4. 25
  5. 5. 50% → 1/2; 25% → 1/4; 20% → 1/5; 75% → 3/4; 10% → 1/10
  6. 6. 9
  7. 7. 25
  8. 8. 1. 1/5 2. 30% 3. 0.4 4. 1/2 5. 60%