Percentages Quiz
A multi-level quiz on finding percentages. The lower level questions can be done mentally while the highest level questions require a calculator.
Fraction Percentage
Match the fraction with the equivalent percentage. A drag and drop self marking exercise.
Fraction Percentage Pairs
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of simple fractions and their equivalent percentages.
Particular Pipes
Construct the pipes using a set number of pieces with lengths given as fractions, decimals or percentages.
Express as a Percentage
This self-marking quiz requires you to work out what one quantity is as a percentage of a second quantity.
Express Percentage Puzzle
Drag the numbers into the percentage statements to make them true.
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages
An exercise on converting fractions to decimals, decimals to percentages and percentages to fractions.
Percentage Change
Test your understanding of using percentages with this self marking quiz about percentage change.
Estimating Percentages
Estimate the percentages represented by the diagrams.
Percentage Switch
Practise percentage increase and decrease calculations by completing this table.
Interest
Practise using the formulas for simple interest and compound interest.
This is the main Transum help video on Percentages.
Percentages In Your Head Video
It is really useful to have some mental strategies for working out percentages in your head.
Express as a Percentage
Here are some examples showing how to express one quantity as a percentage of another.
Percentage Change Video
When you have mastered working out percentages you can then apply that skill to calculating percentage increase, decrease and reverse percentages.
Fractions Decimals Percentages Video
A reminder of the quick methods of converting between fractions, decimals and percentages.
What Are Percentages?
A light-hearted look at percentages from Math Antics.
Visualise Percentages
If you can picture in your mind what a percentage looks like you may be better able to preform mental calculations.
Fractions Decimals Percentages
Revise the methods for converting fractions to decimals and percentages.
Quick Percentages
Practise calculating simple percentages in your head with this animated visual aid.
Compound Interest Calculator
A customised online calculator for quickly finding the solutions to compound interest problems.
Estimating Percentages
Estimate the percentages of full circles and rectangles the sectors represent.
Fractions Decimals Percentages
Convert fractions to decimals, decimals to percentages and percentages to fractions.
High Interest
Finding a good personal loan requires an ability to calculate percentage and this page provides some practice.
In Your Head
Here are the simple percentage calculations everyone should be able to do in their heads.
Odd Percent Out
A number of simple percentage calculations are given. The answers are in pairs. Which is the odd one out?
PercenTable
Complete the table by calculating common percentages without using a calculator.
Quick Percentages
Simple percentage questions appear on screen then fade every 8 seconds. This Starter is customisable.
Scaramouche
Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?
Sid's Schemes
Work out which is the best scheme for Sid to choose for his summer bonus. One scheme involves a common misconception about percentages.
Structured Settlement
Without a calculator match a a pie slice to a calculation to an answer.
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Teachers might find the complete Percentages Topic List useful.
Percentages provide a useful and common way to express a part of a quantity. The word is derived from the Latin per centum meaning “by the hundred”. Although percentages are usually used to express numbers between zero and one, any ratio can be expressed as a percentage.
Pupils begin working with common percentages such as 50%, 25% and 10% and practise estimating percentages to get a better understanding of the concept. They then learn how to convert percentages to decimals and vulgar fractions and vice versa.
More advanced problem solving may include percentage change and how it is applied in real life to discounts and interest. A study of the use of percentages in the media can provide many discussion points and can provide a stimulus for classroom display work.
