Curated Video
Solving Ratio and Percent Problems using Proportions
This video explains how to solve ratio and percent problems using proportions. It provides examples and demonstrates how to set up known ratios and use the multiplicative relationship within a proportion to find the unknown values. The...
Curated Video
Solving Multistep Ratio and Percent Problems Using Proportions
In this video, the teacher explains how to solve multistep ratio and percent problems using proportions. They use examples of applying coupons and taxes to demonstrate the concept. The teacher also clarifies the misconception that the...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Percents
Sam's mom is a bowling woman and her birthday is around the corner. Can Sam afford the shirt in the store window for her? Mia helps him solve a multi-step percent problem to figure it out!
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Expressing One Quantity as a Percentage of Another
Determine simple percents. A helpful video shows the process of calculating the percentage relating one number to another. Using the method, pupils work several problems within worksheets to gain a better understanding of the skill.
Corbett Maths
Reverse Percentages
What was the original? Scholars learn how to find the whole when given the percent and the part in a percent problem. Eager learners use their skills to respond to several questions on a worksheet.
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Multipliers for Increasing and Decreasing by a Percentage
Solve two-step percent problems with a single multiplication. By reviewing how to find the percent of a problem, the video introduces the idea of finding multipliers to find solutions for increasing or decreasing percent problems. Pupil...
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Increasing or Decreasing by a Percentage
Increase or decrease the value. Individuals learn how to determine a new value after being either increased or decreased by a percent. Pupils then practice their skills using a worksheet that covers the concepts.
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Of an Amount (Non-Calc)
Know these four and be fine. Scholars learn how to calculate any percentage, all by knowing four easily calculated percents. Two worksheets provide opportunities for learners to refine their skills.
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Change
How much did it change? The presenter works two problems to demonstrate how to calculate percentage loss and increase. Pupils have one learning exercise to practice similar problems on their own.
PBS
Real World Ratio and Rate Problem: Bianca’s Fifty Percent Solution
Fifty percent off can still be quite expensive. Future consumers watch a video showing an irresponsible young shopper overspending in a 50 percent off sale. They then use store ads to calculate 10, 25, 50, and 75 percent discounts on items.
PBS
The Lowdown — Defining and Calculating Percents
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...
Corbett Maths
Percentages: Compound Interest
Scholars learn to solve compound interest word problems with the help of a short video. Then, they apply their new skills to practice problems on a provided worksheet.
Math Antics
Finding a Percent of a Number
Use the knowledge of multiplying fractions to find a percent of a number. The video builds the process to find the percent of a number by recalling that the word of in fraction problems meant to multiply. Finding the percent of a...
Math Antics
Percents Missing Total
Is there a formula to help find the total in a percent problem? Given the part and the percent, the resource shows how to find the total. The video provides a two-step formula to find the total and goes through two word problems to...
Math Antics
What Percent Is It?
Which of the three percent questions is being asked? There are three basic types of percent problems, the resource covers the type when the percent is unknown. The resource shows two methods of finding the percent, either through the use...
Krista King Math
Percent Markup
How much money does the store make on the new sneakers you just bought? Use the video lesson to explore the formula for determining percent markup based on a selling price. The example shown explains how to determine a selling price...
Ricochet Science
Calculating Percentages and Weighted Averages
How do teachers calculate test averages? Viewers learn how to calculate test averages in the fifth installment of an 11-part Math in Science video series. The video consider different situations and grading schemes to calculate weighted...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra: Percent Problems
This video works through examples on how to convert a fraction to a percent and a percent to a fraction. Then, it applies this knowledge by demonstrating how to solve algebraic percent problems. Practice problems available. This video is...