Percentage of an amount

A complete lesson on finding percentages of an amount using non-calculator methods. Looks at finding 50%, 25%, 75%, 10%, 5%, 20% and 1%.

Activities included:

Starter:
A set of questions where pupils convert the percentages above into their simplified, fraction form.

Main:

• Some examples and quick questions on finding percentages of an amount for pupils to try.
• A set of questions with a progression in difficulty, from finding simple percentages, to going in reverse and identifying the percentage. The ‘spider diagrams’ are my take on TES user alutwyche’s spiders.
• An extension task where pupils arrange digits (with some thought) in order to make statements true.

Plenary:
A nice visual flow chart to reinforce how the calculations required are connected.

Printable worksheets and answers included.

Please review if you use as any feedback is appreciated!