Fractions, decimals and percentages through primary school
Fractions, decimals and percentages from Year 1 to Year 6: 9 topics, each building on the year before. A gap in one year tends to show up in the next, so this is the order to look back through when something isn't sticking.
Practise fractions, decimals and percentages at the right level
Daily challenges that start from what your child already knows in this topic, close gaps from earlier years first and keep pace with their school year.
- Halves and quartersSummer 1, Fractions
- Thirds, quarters and three quartersSummer 1, Fractions
- Fractions of amounts and equivalent fractionsSpring 2, Fractions
- Comparing, adding and multiplying fractionsSpring 1, Fractions
- Decimals and percentagesSummer 1, Decimals and percentages
- All four operations with fractionsAutumn 2, Fractions
- Fractions, decimals and percentagesSpring 2, Fractions, decimals and percentages
Topics from the national curriculum programmes of study for maths, in the half term they usually come (White Rose Maths block order). A school's own timing can differ by a few weeks.
Helping at home
- Share out food fairly: halves and quarters of a pizza, thirds of a chocolate bar.
- Spot percentages on sale signs and ask what you would save.
Other maths topics
- Number and place valueYears 1 to 6
- CalculationYears 1 to 6
- MeasurementYears 1 to 6
- Shape and positionYears 1 to 6
- StatisticsYears 2 to 6
Practise fractions, decimals and percentages at the right level
Daily challenges that start from what your child already knows in this topic, close gaps from earlier years first and keep pace with their school year.