Estimate the percentages of full circles and rectangles the sectors represent.
Convert fractions to decimals, decimals to percentages and percentages to fractions.
Calculating percentages through practice problems highlighting mental maths skills,
Here are the simple percentage calculations everyone should be able to do in their heads.
A number of simple percentage calculations are given. The answers are in pairs. Which is the odd one out?
Complete the table by calculating common percentages without using a calculator.
Simple percentage questions appear on screen then fade every 8 seconds. This Starter is customisable.
Can you work out from the five clues given what the mystery number is?
Work out which is the best scheme for Sid to choose for his summer bonus. One scheme involves a common misconception about percentages.
Without a calculator match a a pie slice to a calculation to an answer.
A customised online calculator for quickly finding the solutions to compound interest problems.
Estimate the percentages represented by the diagrams.
This self-marking quiz requires you to work out what one quantity is as a percentage of a second quantity.
Drag the numbers into the percentage statements to make them true.
Match the fraction with the equivalent percentage. A drag and drop self marking exercise.
The traditional pairs or Pelmanism game adapted to test knowledge of simple fractions and their equivalent percentages.
Revise the methods for converting fractions to decimals and percentages.
An exercise on converting fractions to decimals, decimals to percentages and percentages to fractions.
Practise using the formulas for simple interest and compound interest.
Construct the pipes using a set number of pieces with lengths given as fractions, decimals or percentages.
Test your understanding of using percentages with this self marking quiz about percentage change.
Practise percentage increase and decrease calculations by completing this table.
A multi-level quiz on finding percentages. The lower level questions can be done mentally while the highest level questions require a calculator.
Practise calculating simple percentages in your head with this animated visual aid.
An exercise in which each problem requires two percentage calculations to find the solution.
If you can picture in your mind what a percentage looks like you may be better able to preform mental calculations.
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