Six sections of ratio and proportion homework for Year 6 maths. Pupils price 8 oranges from 3 for 90p, scale a pancake recipe for 6 people, share £60 in the ratio 1:4, work with scale factors, compare percentage discounts, then tackle a challenge combining percentages and ratios. Covers four England National Curriculum objectives, with a full answer key.
Ratio and proportion
“Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts”
Sections 1 and 2 are built on scaling with multiplication and division facts.
Ratio and proportion
“Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples”
Section 3 shares amounts in given ratios.
Ratio and proportion
“Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison”
Section 5 compares discounts using percentages.
Proportion tables and rate questions, including a machine printing 150 pages in 5 minutes.
Scaling pancakes for 6 people, then working backwards from 100g of flour.
Sharing £60 in the ratio 1:4 and finding blue marbles from red.
Rectangle enlargements, triangle perimeters and comparing discounts.
One multi-step problem mixing percentages and ratios.
Weekly homework
Five pages spread naturally over a week of ratio teaching.
Unit review
The six sections retrace the whole unit in order.
Stretch task
The final challenge suits pupils who need more than one-step ratio work.
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