Percentages worksheets

Once you can find 50%, 25%, 75%, 10% and 5% of numbers you can find a lot of other percentages too. Find each of your answers in the coded table to uncover a secret treasure-map message.

We can find percentages of numbers by using a percentage pod! As you practise using the percentage pod model you’ll get used to finding the percentages in your head and develop a mental method.

Play this quick calculation game with a partner. Take it in turns to turn over an item card and a percentage card. Work out how much money you are saving on each item by calculating the discount percentage. After three rounds, the person who has saved the most money wins.

Can you work out these tricky fractions, percentages and ratio problems? Ready, set...

Cut out the number cards and turn them all face down. Take turns picking a card up, reading the number and trying to find an equivalent percentage, decimal or fraction. If you find a match you keep the cards; the winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.

When dealing with percentages, we have to imagine that something has been split into a hundred equal pieces. Look at the percentages written above each square and colour the squares in to show the correct percent.

50% is half, so if you want to find 50% of an amount, divide it by 2. 25% is a quarter, so if you want to find 25% of something, divide it by 4. 20% is a fifth, so if you want to find 20% of something, divide it by 5. 10% is a tenth, so if you want to find 10% of something, divide it by 10. Use these methods to find the answers to these questions.

Add an extra learning dimension to family game time – try one of our Cool Maths board games and help reinforce your child's knowledge of number bonds, percentages and fractions while you play. Compiled by deputy headteacher Matt Revill and packed with 20 games, this maths learning pack covers all the key skills your child will need to master as part of the primary numeracy curriculum.