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Percent of a number: 6th grade math

Find a percent of a quantity; find the whole from part and percent. A free 6th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: find a percent of a quantity; find the whole from part and percent.

Teach (10 min)

  • Find 10% and 1%, then build up. 35% of 80: 10% is 8, so 30% is 24; 5% is 4. 24 + 4 = 28.
  • Or divide by 100 then multiply: 35 ÷ 100 × 80 = 28.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/ratio6.percentOf?lesson=6-ratio6-percentOf-2&at=6

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Three questions on a slip:
  • 1. A class has 260 students. 35% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  • 2. A student saves 44% of $425. How many dollars is that?
  • 3. A student saves 50% of $430. How many dollars is that?

Question set

10 questions that read in words, easiest first. Questions that need a picture are on the printable sheet below.

  1. A class has 260 students. 35% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  2. A student saves 44% of $425. How many dollars is that?
  3. A student saves 50% of $430. How many dollars is that?
  4. A class has 280 students. 50% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  5. A toy costs $344 and is marked down 50%. How many dollars is the markdown?
  6. A class has 500 students. 50% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  7. A toy costs $500 and is marked down 21%. How many dollars is the markdown?
  8. A team played 325 games and won 32% of them. How many games did the team win?
  9. A class has 290 students. 90% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  10. A student saves 36% of $475. How many dollars is that?
Answers
  1. 91 students
  2. $187.00
  3. $215.00
  4. 140 students
  5. $172.00
  6. 250 students
  7. $105.00
  8. 104 games
  9. 261 students
  10. $171.00

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Percent of a number (6th grade)

  1. A team played 300 games and won 90% of them. How many games did the team win?
    percentgames0%010%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%?100%300
  2. A team played 100 games and won 65% of them. How many games did the team win?
  3. A team played 490 games and won 90% of them. How many games did the team win?
  4. A team played 300 games and won 16% of them. How many games did the team win?
  5. A jar holds 150 beads. 44% of the beads are red. How many beads are red?
  6. A team played 350 games and won 94% of them. How many games did the team win?
  7. A jar holds 50 beads. 50% of the beads are red. How many beads are red?
  8. A class has 230 students. 30% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  9. A jar holds 92 beads. 75% of the beads are red. How many beads are red?
  10. A class has 120 students. 15% of them walk to school. How many students walk to school?
  11. A tip of 5% is left on a $114 bill. How many dollars is the tip?
  12. A team played 245 games and won 80% of them. How many games did the team win?
Key
  1. 270 games
  2. 65 games
  3. 441 games
  4. 48 games
  5. 66 beads
  6. 329 games
  7. 25 beads
  8. 69 students
  9. 69 beads
  10. 18 students
  11. $5.70
  12. 196 games

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