Expressing As Percentage (Year 5)
Practise expressing as percentage within Percentages for Year 5, with worked examples and instant feedback.
The questions below are generated to match the National Curriculum for Year 5 and get harder as you progress from Rookie to Guru.
Worked examples
RookieRead and interpret directly.
What is 50% of 80?
- 40
- 20
- 80
- 8
Answer: 40. 50% = halve.
ProCompare and infer.
What is 5% of 60?
- 3
- 30
- 6
- 12
Answer: 3. 5% = half of 10%.
GuruMulti-step reasoning.
A test has 80 questions. Tom got 80% right. How many WRONG?
- 16
- 80
- 64
- 20
Answer: 16. 20% wrong = 16.
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