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Worksheet
Balanced Assessment

Who's Left?

For Students 6th - 8th
If you're not right-handed, are you wrong-handed? Young statisticians calculate the percentage of left-handed people using a given data set in the assessment task. They plot data on a scatter plot and consider how the line of best fit...
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PBS

The Lowdown — Exploring Changing Obesity Rates through Ratios and Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Math and medicine go hand-in-hand. After viewing several infographics on historical adult obesity rates, pupils consider how they have changed over time. They then use percentages to create a new graph and write a list of questions the...
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Worksheet
Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (2 of 2)

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
In this assignment, math stars simplify ratios. The first half just displays numbers, whereas the second half describes real-world scenarios with ratios to be written and reduced. The publisher mentions CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3, but it...
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Lesson Plan
Math Worksheets Land

Find Percentages of Numbers - Step-by-Step Lesson

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Finding a percentage of a number is a skill learners must know in order to be successful thinkers. The resource introduces this concept with a guided explanation and can be used with the additional materials as a complete lesson. 
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Enough Energy? Play the Renew-a-Bead Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Pairs simulate the energy usage of different countries by drawing beads from a bag, which contain different beginning ratios of non-renewable and renewable energy resources. The activity concludes with a series of questions to tie the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find the cost of an outfit. In this percentages lesson, students look at ads, pick out an outfit, and find the sale price. They create a commercial and complete 4 included worksheets. 
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Math Worksheets Land

Find Percentages of Numbers - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Put your learners to the test and see how well they can calculate percentages of numbers. The ten-problem learning exercise doesn't specify which method to use to solve, which gives them the freedom to choose. 
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Handout
Math Worksheets Land

Percentages of Numbers Lesson and Practice

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Quick resource for those learners who need a guide when finding percentages of a number. Provides one worked-out example and two practice problems that can be used as a handout. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Golden Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars view the video, "Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land," and discuss examples in nature which have proportions of the golden ratio. They measure and record different body lengths from a worksheet and convert the ratios to equivalent...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Largest Hamburger Ever?

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
If a 150 lb. person can comfortably eat and digest a 1 lb. burger, then how large would the person be who can comfortably eat and digest a 350 lb. burger? For a burger that size, it would take either a large person or a class of really...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the use of multiplication and division of whole numbers to solve problems including equivalent ratios and rates.
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Activity
US Department of Commerce

Exploring Sampling Variability - Higher Education Attainment Across The United States

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
More education in statistics is always beneficial. Given cards that provide the proportion of adults with bachelor's degrees in 10 random US states, scholars individually determine the sample percentage of states in which more than 30...
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Assessment
Los Angeles County Office of Education

Assessment for the California Mathematics Standards Grade 7

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In need of an all-inclusive seventh grade math resource? Packed full of the topics necessary for Pre-Algebra the packet includes practice problems with different difficulty levels. It works great for any supplemental use needed in the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capture/Recapture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use proportions to estimate the size of populations. They describe the data with using a graph or table of the estimate. Students use descriptive statistics to calculate mean, median, and mode. They also compare and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability using M & M's

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Using M & M's candies, young statisticians predict the color distribution in a packet of candies and test their predictions against their group and the larger class. A review of converting between fractions, decimals, and percents...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Numbers and Operations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using proportions to discover the fraction needed to use the right amount of an ingredient. They calculate the number of ounces in one gallon as well. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is the connection between rice and estimation?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate estimating. In this estimating lesson, 6th graders estimate how much rice is eaten around the world. Students estimate the percentages of rice eaten by other countries. Students compare rice production to other...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ratios

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The lesson is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
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Worksheet
Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Cereal

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Mixing Paints

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Sewing

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sew up your unit on operations with decimals using this assessment task. Young mathematicians use given rules to determine the amount of fabric they need to sew a pair of pants. They must also fill in a partially complete bill for...
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Assessment
Los Angeles County Office of Education

Assessment For The California Mathematics Standards Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
Test your scholars' knowledge of a multitude of concepts with an assessment aligned to the California math standards. Using the exam, class members show what they know about the four operations, positive and negative numbers, statistics...
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Worksheet
Lane Community College

Review Sheets: Introductory Physical Science

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
This hybrid worksheet connects mathematics to a science class. Learners practice solving problems that involve making a variety of conversions. An assortment of questions hits all the calculations needed for a middle school or beginning...

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