Percents Teacher Resources

Sal clarifies what it means when students see a percent problem such as 100 is what percent of 80? He explicitly defines what each component of the problem literally means and then clearly breaks down the process for solving the problem.

Converting percents to decimals, and the other way around, can be tricky. Sal shows young mathematicians how to simplify this process with two sample equations and one word problem.

Sal uses two 100 cubes and continues the process of describing what percents mean. He shades the cubes to show 109%, reviews vocabulary, and references the connection between percents, fractions, and decimals. Great for introducing the...

Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...

Post the names of movies that have sequels around the room and ask questions, which the students will answer by going to stand by the name of the movie that fits best. Then work with your class to analyze revenue from each film and...

Given 26 numbers, participants compute percents. They use two different methods: proportions, or equations, in order to solve for the percent of each number. This is an outstanding worksheet, neatly formatted and providing the repetitive...

Two different ways to find a number when the percent is given are described on the top half of this handout. Eight practice problems follow. Concise, yet complete, this would make an appropriate addition to your choices of homework...

If percents, fractions, and decimals can all mean the same number how do we go from one to another? During this instructional activity, watch how it goes over the basic steps needed to go from one rational number to the next. Both...

Learners who view this video will gain a stronger understanding of percent of change. The tutorial provides a formula and a sample problem. As the tutor completes the example, she explains and clarifies each step that she takes to find...

We see percents everywhere! Building a solid understanding of their meaning is important to future mathematics, but also as citizens. Young scholars practice rewriting decimals, percents, and fractions. They also determine percents of a...

A word problem, chemistry, and percent? I know you want to throw your hands in the air and run away from this problem, but please don't. Pay close attention as the instructor helps you unpack this word problem to set up an equation that...

What percentage of your class understands percents? Pupils learn the meaning of percents based upon rates per 100 in the 24th instructional activity in a series of 29. They represent percents as fractions, decimals, ratios, and models....

Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.

What percent of the 100 ft. rock has Marta climbed? Young mathematicians find the percent of number (the rock height) by moving the climber up and down the rock.

Pre algebraic learners will be able to master conversion of fractions, decimals, and percents in no time when they use the illustrations on this resource.

Grasp conversion with these excellent fraction, decimal, and percent worksheets that have a graphic model of place value. Mathematicians will grasp the concept in no time.

Young scholars convert decimals and fractions to percents. In this introductory percents activity, learners work with equivalent fractions and learn to draw ratios. They recognize how to change a fraction to a percent.

In this percent yield worksheet, students solve 4 problems. They find the percent yield given the chemical reaction, the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products. Given the percent yield students find the liters of a substance...

Multiple discounts are always a good thing. Viewers of an informative video see how to calculate sale prices by applying multiple percent discounts. They also learn to determine the resulting total percent discount by multiplying ratios.

Here is a solving word problems using percents worksheet in which learners use the steps in the examples to write the equations and solve the problems. They solve six problems.

Examine food labels to determine percentage of fat and sugar to total calories with middle schoolers. Daily nutritional guidelines are discussed and learners will decide how well their foods fit into a healthy diet. In the provided...

Don't discount the lesson. Part of The Lowdown: Real-World Math series, an engaging video shows viewers how to calculate percent discounts using the idea that percents are ratios out of 100. It also looks at how to determine whether a 20...

Everyone loves a good sale! A straightforward lesson provides practice with calculating a percent off of a product. Using ads from Amazon, individuals calculate the percent off the ad does not show. Pupils see the answer after revealing...

For this percent composition worksheet, students find the percentages of atoms in compounds and they determine empirical formulas given the percent of each atom in a compound.