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6th Grade Percent Word Problems

Welcome to our 6th Grade Percent Word Problems page. In this area, we have a selection of percentage problem worksheets for 6th graders designed to help children learn to solve a range of percentage problems.

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Here you will find a selection of worksheets on percentages designed to help your child practise how to apply their knowledge to solve a range of percentage problems..

The sheets are graded so that the easier ones are at the top.

The sheets have been split up into sections as follows:

• general percentage problems;
• solving percentage problems with bar graphs.

Each of the general problem solving sheets has also been split into 2 different worksheets:

• Sheet A which is set at an easier level;
• Sheet B which is set at a harder level;

Some of our worksheets have UK versions, which use £ instead of $.

6th Grade Percentages Problems Worksheets - General Problems

There are 6 problems on each sheet. Sheet A is an easier version and Sheet B is a harder version.

Answer sheets include example working out to solve the problems.

• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.1A
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• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.1B
• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.2A
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• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.2B
• UK Version Worksheet
• UK Version Answers
• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.3A
• 6th Grade Percent Word Problems Sheet 6.3B

6th Grade Bar Graph Percentage Word Problems

These sheets involve using bar graph data to solve different percentage problems.

There is only one version of each sheet, and both sheets are at a similar level of difficulty.

• 6th Grade Bar Graph Percentage Word Problems 6.1
• 6th Grade Bar Graph Percentage Word Problems 6.2

Bar Graph Percentage Word Problems Walkthrough Video

This short video walkthrough shows the problems from our 6th Grade Bar Graph Percentage Word Problems Worksheet 6.2 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.

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These word problems are at a slightly easier level than those on this page.

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Percentage of Money Amounts

Often when we are studying percentages, we look at them in the context of money.

The sheets on this page are all about finding percentages of different amounts of money.

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Percentage of Number Worksheets

If you would like some practice finding the percentage of a range of numbers, then try our Percentage Worksheets page.

You will find a range of worksheets starting with finding simple percentages such as 1%, 10% and 50% to finding much trickier ones.

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• Percentage Increase and Decrease Worksheets

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Converting Percentages to Fractions

To convert a fraction to a percentage follows on simply from converting a fraction to a decimal.

Simply divide the numerator by the denominator to give you the decimal form. Then multiply the result by 100 to change the decimal into a percentage.

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Help children understand percentages using this foundation-level worksheet. Challenge children to identify how many part of the 100 square are shaded and undershaded, then convert this into percentages. Next, can they find 4 different ways to make 65% from other percentages?

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• Key Stage: Key Stage 2
• Subject: Maths
• Topic: Percentages
• Topic Group: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
• Year(s): Year 6
• Media Type: PDF
• Resource Type: Worksheet
• Last Updated: 23/11/2023
• Resource Code: M2WFT14941
• Curriculum Point(s): Recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts.

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