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Percentages practice for Years 5–6
Maths · Arithmetic · Key Stage 2. Calculating with the four operations, fractions, decimals and percentages.
What your child will learn
- Find percentages of amounts using 50%, 25%, 10% and 5% as building blocks.
- Solve problems involving percentage discounts and comparisons.
- Understand per cent as parts per hundred, write percentages as fractions and decimals, and know the percentage equivalents of key fractions.
- Associate a fraction with division to calculate decimal equivalents (3/8 = 0.375), recall equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages, and use percentages of amounts for comparison.
Try some free percentages questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. What is 10% of 220?
10% of 220
10% of 220
Show the answer
22
Question 2. What is 50% of 400?
50% of 400
50% of 400
Show the answer
200
Question 3. Out of 50 children, 20 have a pet. What percentage have a pet?
Show the answer
40 %
How BrightWorld helps with percentages
Children practise percentages at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise percentages in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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Related topics
Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Fractions Decimals Order of Operations