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Year 7 · Maths

Define Interpret And Compare Percentages

Year 7 learners practise percentages increase decrease and of an amount.

The activities include Calculate a Percentage Decrease, Calculate a Percentage Increase, Calculate a Percentage of an Amount, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Calculate a Percentage Decrease
  • Calculate a Percentage Increase
  • Calculate a Percentage of an Amount
  • Calculate a Percentage of an Amount using a Multiplier
  • Calculate the Percentage Change
  • Convert Percentages to Fractions
  • Convert Percentages to Fractions and Decimals
  • Find Percentages of Given Numbers
  • Find Percentages of Given Numbers using a Calculator
  • Find Percentages of Numbers, Quantities and Measurements
  • Practise Finding Percentages of Given Numbers using a Calculator
  • Solve Percentage Problems Using a Calculator

Checked learning resources

  • Converting Percents to Decimals and Fractions Example

    Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Transcript-visible Khan Academy video converting 18% to 0.18 and 18/100, then simplifying the fraction to 9/50 using the greatest common factor.

  • Finding Common Percentages

    Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Transcript-visible Khan Academy video using fraction equivalents for 1%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% to calculate percentages mentally by multiplying or dividing.

  • Percent of a Whole Number

    Khan Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Transcript-visible Khan Academy video finding 30% of 6 as 30/100 × 6 and as 0.30 × 6, demonstrating the decimal-multiplier calculator method.

  • Percentage Increase and Decrease KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough teaching percentage multipliers and worked percentage decreases, including sale-price questions that require finding the remaining percentage in one calculation.

  • Finding a Percentage of an Amount Without a Calculator KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough showing how to find percentages of an amount from 10% and 1%, including divide-by-10 and divide-by-100 methods and derived percentages such as 5%, 25%, 50% and 75%.

  • Finding the Percentage of an Amount KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough converting a percentage to its decimal multiplier and multiplying that decimal by the given amount, with direct and contextual practice questions.

  • Percentage Change KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough finding the change, dividing by the original value and multiplying by 100, with worked increase and decrease examples and worded practice questions.

  • Fractions, Decimals and Percentages KS3 Walkthrough Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS3 walkthrough with questions and answers on converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, including equivalent forms and simplified fractions.