Step 6 Objective

Recognise the equivalence of percentages, fractions and decimals; calculate simple percentages and use percentages to compare simple proportions.


What if pupils find this a barrier?

'Clouding the picture' is a teaching approach to enable pupils to link related facts. See Teaching mental mathematics from level 5: number page 22.

Sorting and classifying activities also help pupils secure ideas of equivalence. Use and adapt the card sort from How to get more pupils from L3 to L5.