🍎 Part 1: Understanding Percentages

1. What does percentage mean? Complete the sentence:

Percentages are fractions out of _______.

2. Circle the correct answer:

50% = 50 out of 100

50% = 50 out of 50

50% = 50 out of 200

3. Match each percentage to its fraction:

1. 25%

2. 50%

3. 75%

A. 3/4

B. 1/4

C. 1/2

📊 Part 2: Calculating Percentages

4. In a class of 20 students, 15 students like pizza. What percentage of students like pizza?

Show your working:

5. You scored 18 out of 25 on a maths test. Calculate your percentage score:

6. A shop has 40 items. 10 items are on sale. What percentage of items are on sale?

🛍️ Part 3: Real-World Percentages

7. Which of these situations use percentages? Check all that apply:

Test scores

Shop discounts

Sports statistics

GST on purchases

Weather forecasts

8. A jacket costs $80. It has a 25% discount. How much money do you save?

9. In a rugby match, a player kicked 12 goals out of 15 attempts. What was their success percentage?

🎯 Part 4: Problem Solving

10. A survey asked 50 Year 7 students about their favourite subjects. The results were:

• Maths: 15 students

• Science: 20 students

• English: 10 students

• Art: 5 students

Calculate the percentage for each subject:

Maths: ______%

Science: ______%

English: ______%

Art: ______%

11. Explain in your own words why understanding percentages is useful in everyday life:

12. Find one example of where you might see percentages used outside of school and describe it:

Making Percentages Click

Making Percentages Click

🍎 Part 1: Understanding Percentages

📊 Part 2: Calculating Percentages

🛍️ Part 3: Real-World Percentages

🎯 Part 4: Problem Solving

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