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Illustrative Mathematics

Sale!

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Everyone loves a sale, and this worksheet allows learners to calculate which sale is more rewarding. The activity can be adapted for different thinking contexts. The answer key describes different answer choices, some being higher...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Gotham City Taxis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Taxi! Have your travelers figure out how far they can go in a taxi for $10.00. They must account for the mileage rate and tip in their calculation. They can set up a table or make an equation to solve for the exact mileage they can...
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Curated OER

Count The Letters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students perform activities involving ratios, proportions and percents. Given a newspaper article, groups of students count the number of letters in a given area. They use calculators and data collected to construct a pie chart and bar...
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Curated OER

Dried Meat

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the traditional method of drying meat used by Native Americans. They apply math concepts such as ratio, proportion, percent, and scientific notation to determine the amount of meat the is dried from an animal using...
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101 Questions

Square Partitions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes while developing their problem-solving skills. A square is divided neatly into four equal triangles by its diagonals until one diagonal is moved from a vertex to the midpoint of one side. Now, scholars must devise...
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Curated OER

Applying Proportionality in Scale Drawings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine a blue print and discuss the reasoning behind using blue prints. In this proportionality lesson,  students collaborate with their teammates to create a scale drawing. Once that is complete, 6th graders write a...
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Math Mammoth

Fractions, Percents, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 7th
In this percents activity, students complete 3 charts in which percents, decimals and fractions are converted. Students also solve 20 problems with the changing of percents to decimals or fractions.
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Curated OER

Popping Up Percents!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers find percents and unit price using popcorn.
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Math Mammoth

Ratios and Proportions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratios and proportions activity, learners complete several activities that advance their understanding of proportions and ratios. Students solve six equations and five word problems.
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Curated OER

60-30-10

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships as they investigate the concept of how percentages are used by designers. Students decorate the same room using three different percentages of colors.
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Curated OER

Percent Equations

For Students 6th
In this percent equations instructional activity, 6th graders solve and complete 9 different types of problems. First, they find the value of each percentage provided. Then, students determine the percentage of a given number.
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NTTI

If You Hopped Like a Frog

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get your frogs hopping by introducing them to the concepts of ratio and proportion. As a class, they perform arithmetic operations using ratios then discover how they represent quantitative relationships. In groups, they write their own...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Tax and Tip

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Finding out how to calculate tax and tip is a valuable skill that all young adults should be able to do without a calculator. Learners are given a bill and asked to calculate the tax, tip, and total amount. Calculations can be exact or...
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Real-World Proportional Relationships: Gender Wage Gap

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
When will the gender wage gap disappear? Scholars use a provided infographic to see trends in wage gap over time. They use ratios of women's wages to men's wages to determine which decades had the greatest change in the wage gap. The...
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Curated OER

Percent Application Worksheet

For Students 6th - 7th
In this problem solving worksheet, students solve each of the ten word problems by using their knowledge of percent, proportions, simple interest, and sales tax.
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Curated OER

Percentages

For Students 6th
In this percentages worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 13 various types of problems. First, they convert the percentages to fractions and simplify. Then, students convert the percentages to decimals. In addition, they find the...
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Curated OER

Family Letter - Foreign Currency and Exchange Rates: Proportions and Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
In this proportions and ratios worksheet, students solve 6 short answer problems. Students find the foreign currency exchange rates for six countries. Students express the exchange rate as a proportion or ratio.
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Mathed Up!

Reverse Percentages

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Boost math skills and inspire scholars to show what they know with a six-page independent practice that focuses on proportional relationships and percents. 
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Workbook
Curated OER

Word Problem Practice Workbook

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Need worksheets that challenge your middle schoolers to apply their understanding of math? Problem solved! From integers, fractions, and percents, to algebra, geometry, and probability, over 100 pages of word problem worksheets are...
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Curated OER

Practice: Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Congratulations, you've just hit the word problem jackpot! Covering an incredible range of topics from integers and fractions, to percents, geometry, and much more, this collection of worksheets will keep young mathematicians busy...
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Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion: Proportional Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this ratios activity, students write yes or no for if the ratios given are proportional or not. Students complete 7 number problems and 5 money problems.
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Curated OER

Percents Less Than One and Greater Than 100

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders express numbers as percents greater than 100 and less than one. In this lesson on percents, 6th graders work in groups with real life scenarios to develop an understanding on percentages greater than 100 and less than one....
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Curated OER

Ratio and Proportions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the means and extremes of a proportion, the how to make a scale drawing.
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Curated OER

Science Fair Space

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students determine the most equitable way to share space and cost between three schools for a fictional science fair. Given a diagram, a word problem, and a data set, students analyze and explain the best way for all schools to share...

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