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Year 6 · Maths

Solve Ratio Problems

Year 6 learners practise ratio word problems.

The activities include Find Scale Factors and Missing Lengths Using Ratios, Calculate Simple Ratios, Convert Ratio to Proportional Scale with Mixed Units, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, teaching, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Find Scale Factors and Missing Lengths Using Ratios
  • Calculate Simple Ratios
  • Convert Ratio to Proportional Scale with Mixed Units
  • Divide Values by a Given Ratio
  • Express Simple Ratios in Words
  • Multiply and Divide to Keep Ratios to a Required Proportion
  • Practise Using Ratio to Find Scale Factors and Missing Lengths
  • Solve Scale Drawing Problems
  • Understand Simple Ratios
  • Understand the Ratio of 1:2
  • Understand the Ratio of 2:3
  • Use Ratio to Solve Scale Drawing Problems
  • Use Ratios to Find Scale Factors and Missing Lengths
  • Use Ratios to Work Out Unequal Sharing
  • Use the Difference Between a Given Ratio to Find Missing Values

Checked learning resources

  • Use Multiplication and Division to Calculate Unknown Values in Ratio Problems

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 lesson video using multiplication and division to calculate unknown quantities in ratio problems. The lesson uses multiplication and division to calculate the unknown shares in a ratio problem.

  • Year 6 Ratio: Unequal Sharing and Grouping Maths Mastery PowerPoint

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 6 mastery teaching and practice is dedicated to solving unequal sharing and grouping problems using ratios, fractions and multiples.

  • How to Teach Year 6 Unequal Sharing and Grouping

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    Year 6 teaching guide explains unequal sharing and grouping, common misconceptions, worked examples and suitable classroom strategies.

  • Year 6 Ratio and Proportion Teaching Unit

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 teaching unit explains simple ratio language and representations, then uses multiplication and division to calculate unknown or missing values, divide quantities in a ratio and solve ratio problems involving a giv

  • Scaling problems worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Free Year 6 worksheet and quizzes on ratio scaling in maps and plans, converting measurements to common units before expressing a proportional scale.

  • Use knowledge of multiplication and division to solve scaling problems in a range of contexts

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Free Year 6 ratio and proportion lesson on scaling problems in contexts including maps and plans. It teaches converting between measurements on a map or plan and real life, including when the unit of measure changes.

  • Solve problems involving ratio

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Free KS2 lesson for solving problems involving ratio, including representing ratios and calculating missing quantities.

  • Ratio and Scaling Numbers Word Problems

    MathsFrame · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Free Year 6 interactive for ratio and scaling number word problems, including proportional reasoning and missing values.