Ontario · Grade 6
G6.B2.12
Grade 6 — Solve problems involving ratios, rates and percents, including finding a percent of a number.
Grade 6 — Solve problems involving ratios, rates and percents.
The 2 skills that cover it
What a student should be able to do
- Convert among percents, decimals and fractions.
- Find a percent of a number, mentally where possible.
- Find the whole given a part and a percent.
- Compute percent increase, decrease, discount and tax.
- Write and simplify a ratio, and find an equivalent ratio.
- Compute a unit rate and use it to compare deals.
- Solve a proportion for an unknown value.
- Use proportional reasoning for scaling, recipes and maps.