PBS
Real-Life Math | Data Analyst
Data is just waiting for scholars to analyze. By viewing a video of a data analyst explaining his job and the math that surrounds it, scholars begin a lesson on data collection and analysis. Groups develop questions for a poll on teenage...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Physical Trainer
Train yourself to naturally use math. Young mathematicians first watch a video in which a personal trainer describes math concepts necessary in his daily professional life. After measuring their heart rates, they apply percentages to...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Chef
Cook up a lesson on unit conversions. Scholars brainstorm how chefs use math in restaurants, and then watch a video of a real chef explaining how unit conversions, food and supply costs, portion sizes, and payroll all require math. They...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Radiologist
How are radiologists like superheroes? Answer: They have X-ray vision and can do math. A short three-minute video and an associated lesson focus on how radiologists use math in their professional lives. It tasks learners with performing...
Corbett Maths
Drawing a Pie Chart
Easy as pie ... with a little work anyway! A complete lesson provides video instruction on creating a pie chart from a set of data. The practice that follows helps learners draw their own pie charts while practicing skills from the...
Corbett Maths
Reading Histograms
Learn how to read and write histograms. A pair of video lessons instructs learners on the skills required to find the frequency of a range in a population from a histogram. The lesson compares a histogram to a frequency table....
Mathispower4u
Find a Course Percentage and Grade Using a Weighted Average (Example)
Sit back and watch pupils calculate their own grades. Through a short YouTube video, individuals see how to do the calculation by watching an example. They learn how to account for weighted averages in the computations.
Mathispower4u
Find the Points Needed to Receive an A in a Class Based on Total Points (Example)
The point is—use the video. A short YouTube video describes how to find the number of additional points individuals need to get an A in a class that uses a point system for grading. It also looks at what percentage these additional...
Anywhere Math
Percent Proportion
You'll be 100 percent satisfied with a helpful math video. Scholars watch an engaging YouTube video to learn how to solve percent problems (finding the part, finding the whole, and finding the percent). The method employed here is to set...
Anywhere Math
The Percent Equation
Watch the whole video, not just part of it. An instructive video shows how to solve percent problems using equations. It describes finding the whole, given the part and the percent; finding the part, given the percent and the whole; and...
Anywhere Math
Probability
The probability is high that your class loves an informative video lesson. The lesson begins with a discussion of vocabulary related to probability and acceptable ways to present a probability. The presenter wraps up the instruction with...
JFR Science
Percent Composition
Everyone knows water is made of hydrogen and oxygen ... but how much of each? Science scholars explore percent composition through a video from JFR Science. The narrator provides background information, time-saving tips, and example...
Teacher's Pet
Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas
Investigate empirical formulas and their relationships to the composition of a compound. The lesson first demonstrates a percent composition calculation. It then defines an empirical formula and applies it to given masses to determine a...
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 Are Percentages?
Get the most out of 100. A video presents percents as special fractions with 100 as the denominator. The narrator breaks down the term percent into its root and prefix. Using learners' knowledge of converting fractions to decimals,...
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...
Math Antics
Percents and Equivalent Fractions
Why convert fractions into percents? The video reminds viewers that percents are a fraction with a denominator of 100. Using equivalent fractions, the resource shows how to change percents to a fraction without a denominator of 100. The...
Fuse School
Calculating Percentage Mass
More than half of your body is made of water, but what percentage of you is made up of hydrogen? This video explains how to solve for percentage mass. It uses water as one example of solving for both hydrogen and oxygen.
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...
PBS
Working with Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages: Student Video
Accompany math instruction with a captivating video. With the help of Virtual Math Girl, scholars observe a cake-themed, step-by-step model of how to make equivalent fractions, and how to convert these fractions to decimals as well as...
PBS
Working With Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages: Instructor Video
Gather tips, tricks, and recommendations to implement the resources presented by Virtual Math Girl. With a teacher-oriented video, the narrator goes into detail about the cake-themed lessons, worksheets, and activities designed...
Curated OER
How Do You Use a Proportion to Find What Percent a Part is of a Whole?
Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.
Curated OER
How Do You Set Up a Percent Proportion From a Word Problem?
So x amount of people were surveyed and 68 of them said algebra was their favorite subject. Set up a percent proportion to identify the number of people surveyed. That's often the hardest part, setting up the equation. So observe the...