Primary maths: Percentages

Classroom activities, lesson ideas and games on percentages KS2 learners can engage with in primary maths

Tes Resources Team

Percentage signs in circles as percentages KS2 resources with percentages activities KS2 and percentages lessons KS2

Perfect young learners' percentage skills with help from this hand-picked collection of stimulating activities

However familiar pupils are with seeing percentage signs in the sales, getting to grips with parts of numbers and how to talk about them can be a daunting prospect. Even more so, when understanding percentages turns into finding percentages of different amounts. So, why not see if the Tes community have already created something to make the process a little easier?

If you are looking for more FDP primary maths resources, why not also check out our collection of resources on Fractions, decimals and percentages conversion?

KS2 Maths (Percentages)
Maths4Everyone

KS2 Maths (Percentages)

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These topic-focused SATs questions at the end of a unit will help to test and extend students' understanding as well as helping them to prepare for SATs next year. These questions have **fully-worked solutions** which can be displayed on a whiteboard making feedback with students more efficient. Cli...
Fraction, Decimal & Percentage | Matching Activity
LittleStreams

Fraction, Decimal & Percentage | Matching Activity

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This fraction, decimal and percentage matching puzzle is a fun way to test students ability convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. It contains 32 puzzles including all base fractions up to nine-tenths, and also includes a bonus ten-tenths to test understanding of a whole. It is desig...
Percentage of amount maze
danwalker

Percentage of amount maze

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Maze consists of squares containing questions with answers, some of which are wrong. Pupils are only allowed to pass through squares containing correct answers. Extension - pupils design their own maze. I like to discuss how to make the maze harder by including classic misconceptions like divide by ...
Simple percentages using percentage bubbles
loz_dunn

Simple percentages using percentage bubbles

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A tool for students to work out some simple percentages. The bonus questions test to see if they can combine more of the bubbles to generate new answers. The star questions ask students to calculate percentages that you can't generate as easily from the bubble.
Percentages of Amounts
Mrs McL Teaches

Percentages of Amounts

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This powerpoint teaches learners how to calculate simple and then more complex percentages of amounts. It contains finisher questions for both which can be used as a means of formative assessment. It also contains a set of three questions sets which are differentiated by stars to challenge all lear...
Percentage of an amount
danwalker

Percentage of an amount

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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 qui...
Year 6 FDP - Percentage of an Amount (One Step) Lesson
krisgreg30

Year 6 FDP - Percentage of an Amount (One Step) Lesson

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A fully resourced fractions, decimals and percentages lesson for being able to find percentages of an amount where there is only one step required (including being able to find 50%, 25%, 20%, 10% and 1% by understanding the equivalent fraction and being able to divide by the appropriate denominator)...
Finding Percentages of Amounts 10%
DandT

Finding Percentages of Amounts 10%

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This structured resource supports the understanding of finding percentages of amounts for multiples of ten. The worksheet guides students through the process, with a worked example at the top. Colour is used to highlight information, the language used is considered to aid understanding and space is ...
Percentage of Amounts Differentiated Worksheet with Answers
MsMMaths

Percentage of Amounts Differentiated Worksheet with Answers

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Suitable for both Key stage 3 and 4. This worksheet is designed to help pupils revise percentages of amounts. The worksheet is fully differentiated (mild, medium spicy, hot and challenge) allowing pupils to work at different levels simultaneously. The challenge section asks pupils to apply their kno...