Two activities linking fractions, decimals and percentages in Year 5 maths. Pupils fill an equivalents table, converting values like 1/2 and 0.25 into their other two forms, then apply the same thinking to word problems about pizza slices and a 100-word spelling test. Both sections have answers provided. Written to three England National Curriculum objectives on decimals and percentages.
Number - fractions (including decimals and percentages)
“Read and write decimal numbers as fractions [for example, 0.71 = 71/100]”
The table converts decimals to fractions and back throughout.
Number - fractions (including decimals and percentages)
“Recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to 'number of parts per hundred'”
The spelling test problem uses a score out of 100 to ground the % symbol.
Number - fractions (including decimals and percentages)
“Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 4/5, and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25”
The pizza problem converts 2/5 into a percentage and a decimal.
Pupils convert each value into fraction, decimal and percentage forms.
Word problems, including writing a spelling score of 85 out of 100 three ways.
Answers for the table and every word problem.
Main activity
The table then the problems make a full independent-practice slot.
Revision
Bring it back before assessments as a compact refresher on all three forms.
Homework
Two short sections and a key make it easy to set and mark.
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