6th grade percent of a number worksheets

Sixth grade percent worksheets ask for the percent of a number in 5% steps: 15% of 40, 60% of 45. Answers stay whole, so the work is strategy: find 10%, halve it for 5%, and build any percent from those pieces.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core 6.RP.A.3.c.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Find the percent of each number.

  1. 40% of 105 =

    Answer: 42

  2. 10% of 80 =
  3. 15% of 80 =

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What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Make 10% the home base: divide by 10, then build. For 15% of 40, find 10% (that's 4), take half of it for 5% (that's 2), and add. Once your child can chain those moves without writing, let them work a full row mentally and just record the answers.

Watch for: Kids treat 25% of 60 as 25 × 60 or 60 − 25. Percent means out of 100, so 25% is 25 hundredths of the number. Kids put a % sign on the answer. 25% of 60 is 15 plain, a count of things, not a percent.

Common questions about percent of a number

What percents show up on a 6th grade sheet?
Everything in 5% steps, from 5% up to 90%. The numbers are chosen so every answer is whole. The thinking is in the percent, not messy division.
Should my child use a calculator?
No, these are built for the find-10%-and-build strategy. Divide by 10, then scale. That mental habit is the whole point of the sheet.

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Aligned to Common Core 6.RP.A.3.c. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.