What this covers
Percent of a Number is taught in Grade 6 (age 11 to 12) as a topic to introduce. It sits in the Percentages strand.
Worked example
Find 35% of £240
- Find 10%: 24010 = 24
- Find 30%: 24 x 3 = 72
- Find 5%: 242 = 12
- Add together: 72 + 12 = 84
Answer: 84
Difficulty scale
The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.
- Multiples of 10% and 50% of round integer quantities
- Multiples of 5% (e.g. 15%, 35%, 75%) of integer amounts
- Any integer percentage (e.g. 23%, 7%) using mental or multiplier methods
- Percentages with fractional or decimal values, e.g. 12.5% or 0.5%
- Multistep word problems involving money or metric measures
Common mistakes
- Confusing finding 1% (divide by 100) with finding 10% (divide by 10)
- Dividing the amount by the percentage itself rather than 100
Curriculum links
Indicative matches to Common Core State Standards. Check wording and codes against the official document.
- 6.RP.A.3 Solve real-world and mathematical ratio, rate, and percentage problems using various representations.