Fractions, decimals and percentages: Year 6 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 6 is for the topic of Fractions, decimals and percentages. Students use their knowledge of percentage and decimal equivalents to calculate percentage discounts.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Planning support, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Student task, Home practice tasks
Format	Web page
Keywords	lesson plans, assessment task, teaching strategies, pedagogies, Australian Curriculum, learning from home, misconceptions
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Fractions, Decimals, Percentage
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N07 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 AC9M6N08 Approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies
Numeracy progression	Interpreting fractions (P7) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Understanding money (P8) Proportional thinking (P2)
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Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia
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