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Investigation - The Local Bagel Shop
Sixth graders investigate unit pricing to find which cup of coffee is a better buy. They use ratio and proportions to solve problems involving a change of scale in drawings, maps, recipes, etc. Students determine the unit cost of items...
Illustrative Mathematics
Running at a Constant Speed
The learner must use the given constant speed to find the unit rate. A table is made in order to relate the speed to the time and the distance. From the table, learners are able to see the unit rate in miles per minute and miles per...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sale!
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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Is Bigger Always Better?
Explore rational numbers with the young mathematicians in your class. They will investigate decimals, fractions, and percents before ordering and comparing rational numbers. This multi-day unit includes differentiation activities and...
Bowland
Fares Not Fair
What would be a fair fare for a taxi? to answer the questions requires young mathematicians to analyze data on fuel prices and taxi cab fares. They determine and justify a fair fare price.
Central New Mexico Community College
Percent Word Problems
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...
Mathed Up!
Best Buys
Which scenario is the better deal? Class members examine nine scenarios to determine which choice offers a better deal. Pupils decide whether they need to find unit costs or total prices to compare the two options.
Balanced Assessment
At the Supermarket
Grocery managers and chefs sure use lots of math. Scholars first use ratios and unit rates to determine a price for a can of corn. Once individuals have the pricing, they determine the amount of ingredients necessary to make brownies...
Helping with Math
Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (2 of 2)
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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Pumped Up Gas Prices
Students spend one month keeping track of the mileage and gasoline amounts they or their family has used. Information is entered into a spreadsheet to help calculate the average gas prices over time.
Helping with Math
Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)
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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Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise
Students work in groups to show understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, percentages, and the application of ratios and proportions. In this decimals, fractions, and percents lesson, students use real life consumer...
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Investigation: The Local Bagel Shop
Sixth graders explore economics by solving business math problems. In this ratio and proportion lesson, 6th graders examine different meals to be purchased at a coffee shop and compare which prices make which meals a better purchase....
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Selling Price
Middle schoolers work independently to complete a problem solving activity that involves percent. This lesson is designed to be used as an assessment following a unit on percents. Students are presented with a problem involving a store...
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Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise
Learners find the cost of an outfit. In this percentages lesson plan, students look at ads, pick out an outfit, and find the sale price. They create a commercial and complete 4 included worksheets.