Year 6 Ratio and Proportion Problems

**A ready-to-teach Year 6 maths lesson focused on ratio and proportion word problems involving scaling, cost per unit and missing values in KS2 maths.

This lesson develops pupils’ understanding of how quantities scale and how to use known values to solve proportional reasoning problems.**

This Year 6 maths lesson focuses on ratio and proportion through real-life word problems involving scaling and unit costs.

Pupils work with a range of contexts including calculating the cost of different weights of ice cream, finding quantities for a given total cost and solving missing value problems using proportional reasoning.

The lesson also includes structured ratio problems where pupils interpret relationships such as “for every…” and use these to calculate missing quantities in a total.

Teachers can use the included Smart Notebook input slides to model methods clearly and guide pupils through structured examples before independent practice.

Pupils then complete a differentiated independent activity designed to support all learners while still providing appropriate challenge. The tasks develop confidence with scaling, proportion and SATS-style reasoning problems.

This resource is ideal for Year 6 ratio lessons, KS2 reasoning practice, SATS revision, or targeted intervention sessions.

What’s Included
✔ Smart Notebook input slides for teacher modelling
✔ Differentiated independent worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary task

Why Teachers Use This
✔ Ready-to-teach lesson with no planning required
✔ Builds confidence with ratio and scaling problems
✔ Develops proportional reasoning skills
✔ Supports SATS-style word problems
✔ Applies maths to real-life contexts

Lesson Breakdown
✔ Input: Teacher modelling of scaling and proportion strategies
✔ Guided Practice: Cost and quantity ratio problems
✔ Independent Task: Differentiated worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary: Applying estimation to ratio