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National Security Agency

Partying with Proportions and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Examine ratios and proportions in several real-world scenarios. Children will calculate unit rates, work with proportions and percentages as they plan a party, purchase produce, and take a tally. This lesson plan recommends five...
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K20 LEARN

If Our Classroom Were The World: Proportions And Percents

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
It's a small world after all. Classmates consider world population, languages, and religions in a cross-curricular lesson. Applying percentages and proportions, they determine what the class make-up would be if the class represented the...
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Interactive
Neufeld Learning Systems

Concept: Ratios and Proportions

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Upper elementary and middle school pupils fill out a chart creating six equivalent fractions and then compare them to six different objects and/or shapes. They group together 16 various terms related to ratios and proportions. Pupils...
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Worksheet
Central New Mexico Community College

Percent Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
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...
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Curated OER

Ratios, Rates, Percent and Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Proportions to Find Percents: Bag of Candy

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Proportions and percents are the focus of an interactive designed to boost math proficiency. Five questions challenge participants to solve candy-themed word problems. A color-coded tool with moveable parts assists mathematicians in the...
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Activity
101 Questions

Amazon Percent Discount

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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...
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EngageNY

Percent of a Quantity

For Teachers 6th Standards
Visualize methods of finding percents. Classmates find a percent of a quantity using two methods including a visual model in the 26th lesson in a series of 29. By the end of the lesson, scholars find percents given a part and the whole...
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Curated OER

Ratio, Proportion And Percent Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students examine the answers to a formal assessment focusing on the concepts of ratio, proportion, and percent.
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Curated OER

Ratios, Unit Rates, and Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the concept of ratios, unit rates, and proportions. Learners convert fractions and percents to decimals. They discuss rates and where they can be found in the real world. A hands-on experiment and numerous flash cards and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Chess Club

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When the membership in a chess club changes, it is your mathematicians' job to find out how many boys and girls are attending and the percent change from last year. The activity provides a great compound problem finding the different...
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EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't discount how much your pupils understand percents! The 27th lesson in a series of 29 presents a problem to find the cost of a discounted outfit. Small groups determine either the original price or the discount received given the...
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Curated OER

Ratio, Proportion And Percent

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students evaluate and compare the ratios. They also compare the fractions by solving the proportions.
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Interactive
Curated OER

What Percent of a Number is a Number?

For Students 6th - 12th
In this algebra instructional activity, students answer the question to what percent of a given number is a given number by setting up a percent proportion. There are 10 questions.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Percent of a Number: Acid Solution

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Mathematicians answer five questions about percents, ratios, and proportions with help from an interactive graduated cylinder. Question types include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and discussion. 
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Curated OER

Word Problems Dealing with Ratio and Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Mindful middle-schoolers read and solve a number of word problems. Learners copy and discuss what they believe their strategies are in solving each problem. They also write their findings and share with the rest of the class.
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Curated OER

How Big Is That Star?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Aspiring astronomers study stars. They compare stars and explain the relationship between radius, mass, and diameter. By creating a star simulation, they discover how a binary star system's orbit can cause changes in the observed...
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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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Worksheet
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Working with Percentages and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this percentages and proportions activity, learners are given percentages, they express them as a proportions, they create an equivalent ratio using "x" for the unknown portion and they cross multiply and divide to find their answer.
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Activity
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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Illustrative Mathematics

Finding a 10% increase

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A quick problem to test your mathematicians' knowledge on percent increase. Two different solutions are provided, mental math and computing. Ask your learners to include a description of what they did to supplement their answer.

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