Percent of a number worksheets

By grade

• 5th Grade A gentler on-ramp
• 6th Grade Right on level

What students need to know

Percent means out of 100, so 50% is half, 25% is a quarter, and 10% means divide by 10.

This skill runs from 5th grade through 6th grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.

Percent of a number across the grades

5th grade

Percent of a number worksheets for fifth grade stick to the friendly percents (10%, 20%, 25%, and 50%), the ones that map to dimes, quarters, and halves. Every answer comes out whole, so your child can focus on what percent means.

6th grade

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.