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MathematicsRatio & Proportionusually ages 10–11

Calculating Percentages

Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison

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If a jumper originally costs £40 and is 15% off, can your child work out how much the discount is and what the sale price would be?

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Builds on
Percentages (age 9+)ages 9–11Calculating percentages of amounts requires 'percentage', 'proportion', and 'out of' vocabulary
Decimals and fractions (age 10+)ages 10–11Calculating percentages requires fraction-decimal-percentage equivalence
Bar Models for Ratiosages 9–12Percentage-of-amount problems can be set up as bar models showing 100% divided into parts
Decimal place valueages 10–11Finding percentages often involves decimal multiplication
Calculating Percentagesthis skill · ages 10–11
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Percentages as Fractionsages 11–13Percentages as fractions/decimals extends Y6 percentage calculations
Percentages (age 12+)ages 12–14Percentage increase/decrease extends KS2 percentage calculations
Line graphs (age 10+)ages 10–11Pie chart sector angles connect to percentage calculation
Efficiency, Sankey diagrams, and work doneages 12–13Calculating energy efficiency as a percentage requires percentage calculation skills from Math

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M5N04medium confidenceYear 5 · Number

recognise that 100% represents the complete whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size; connect familiar percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents

AC9M6N07medium confidenceYear 6 · Number

solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate

AC9M6N08medium confidenceYear 6 · Number

approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA3-RN-03medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 3
MA3-RQF-01low confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M6N07high confidenceMathematics · Level 6 · Number strand
VC2M5N04high confidenceMathematics · Level 5 · Number strand
VC2M6N09medium confidenceMathematics · Level 6 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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Ratio Problemsages 10–11 Scale and similar shapesages 10–11 Understanding fractionsages 10–11 Bar Models for Ratiosages 9–12

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