Math Drills
Percentage worksheets for Grade 5 (Elementary School)
What this unit covers
Taking the base amount as 1 and expressing the compared amount as a multiple of it is the idea at the center. Conversions among decimals, percent, and wari, bu and rin come first, then the three question types, finding the ratio, finding the compared amount and finding the base amount, extended to increases, decreases and discount rates.
Mixing up which quantity comes before and after the word of, so the division runs the wrong way, is the most frequent error. If the answer sits on the opposite side of 1, suspect this. Handling of increases and decreases breaks down too, with a 20% increase taken as 0.2 times rather than 1.2 times, or a 2 wari discount worked out by multiplying the price by 0.2 and stopping there.
Learning steps
Expressing a Percentage
- Decimal→Percentage
- Percentage→Decimal
Finding the Percentage
- Decimals (Basics)
- Decimals (How Many Times as Many)
- % (Composition Ratio)
- Rate of Increase and Decrease (Decimals)
- Discount Rate (%, Two Steps)
Finding the Compared Quantity
- Basics (Decimals and %)
- Ratio Greater Than 1
- Finding the Amount After an Increase
- Finding the Amount After a Decrease
- % (Two Successive Stages)
Finding the Base Quantity
- Decimals (Basics)
- Decimals (Applying Increase and Decrease)
- % (Basics)
- % (Applications)
Worksheets
Expressing a Percentage
Finding the Percentage
Finding the Compared Quantity
Related study guides
- Why Fractions Confuse Children at the Start — "Cut in Two" Isn't the Same as "One Half"
Fraction trouble starts in grade 3, not grade 5. The missing word "equally", the shifting "half of what", the reversed sense of size — and how to build the base that carries through to common denominators.
- Teaching Percentage to a Child Who Doesn't Get It — "See It as 1" Before Any Formula
Percentage is the hardest topic in elementary math. Why memorising the formula doesn't work, how to build the sense of "seeing the base amount as 1", and how to extend it to percentages and rates.
Frequently asked questions
- What do the “Percentage” worksheets for Grade 5 (Elementary School) practice?
- They cover problems such as Decimal→Percentage, Percentage→Decimal, Decimals (Basics), Decimals (How Many Times as Many), % (Composition Ratio), Rate of Increase and Decrease (Decimals), Discount Rate (%, Two Steps), Basics (Decimals and %).
- How many “Percentage” worksheets are there for Grade 5 (Elementary School)?
- 18 worksheets are free to use. Every one is a printable PDF and comes with an answer key.