Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages · Fractions and Decimals

The Concept of Percent

Understanding percent as a part of one hundred and finding percentages of amounts.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the word percent itself explain its mathematical meaning?
  2. 2Why is 50 percent the same as 0.5 and one half?
  3. 3In what real world situations is a percentage more meaningful than a raw number?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS2: Mathematics - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Year: Year 5
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Period: Fractions and Decimals

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