In this percentages worksheet, students read about paranoid pirates and their claims of treasure and complete percentage problems based on their desired amount. Students complete 21 problems.

Students explore percent. In this percent lesson, students investigate how to represent percentages on a hundreds grid. Working independently, students solve mathematical problems involving percentages.

In this cloud cover activity, students work in groups and are given a percentage of cloud cover to represent. They go around the room and predict the percentages that each group was given and determine the accuracy of their observations.

Students make a paper chain, based on percentages, representing the birthplace of people who immigrated to Canada between 1991 and 2001. They discuss how immigrants contribute to our society.

Sixth graders conduct on-line research of shot data and percentages for professional basketball players. They compare computed data to researched data and write a letter informing professional organizations of their findings.

Students examine influences contributing to alcohol use and abuse. They asses the genetic and environmental factors involved in alcoholism. They create a histogram for modeling alcohol use and calculate the results into percentages of...

Students are introduced to the purpose of public opinion polls. Using recent polls, they determine the demographics of who was interviewed and when and where the interview was conducted. In groups, they develop their own public poll...

You're going to wish you had a watermelon for this lesson! Class members read about watermelons and make a salad in class to sample. They also perform estimates, measurements and calculations on a watermelon. They predict what percentage...

A two-part lesson plan immerses young statisticians in the concept of probability. On the first day, will conduct experiments with a two-colored coin and learn how to write probabilities as fractions, ratios, and percentages. In the...

Young scholars are introduced to the concepts of probability and chance. Using data given to them, they organize and create a chart to display the information. Using this chart, they calculate the percentage of chance and probability...

Learners explore, examine and investigate how the tourism industry affects the economy of different European countries. They assess place value, draw and interpret diagrams, critique the results of a statistical inquiry with tables and...

In this literacy worksheet, students use the context of music genre sales in order to practice the skills of decimal and percentage conversion.

For this lab worksheet, students dissect a barn owl pellet then identify the different small animals found in the owl pellet. Using class data they calculate percentage present as well as complete 8 post lab questions.

In this math worksheet, students complete the test that focuses upon the skills of completing basic calculations, fractions, and percentages.

In this beginning fractions learning exercise, students follow the directives of eight equations that ask the students to shade in a certain percentage of each shape. Students then write the fraction that represents each shaded portion.

In this differential worksheet, students compute the rate a boat is approaching a dock when given the height and length of a rope. They find the rate the angle formed when a rocket is launched at given distances above the ground....

In this inequality word problem worksheet, students solve ten word problems related to algebra and inequalities. They first determine how many pounds of cheese it would take to make a specific amount of grated cheese topping. Students...

In this word problems worksheet, students solve and complete 7 different word problems. First, they determine how long it takes a worker bee to complete a trip from her colony to a pollen and nectar source. Then, students find the number...

In this molarity worksheet, students are given balanced equations and they are to calculate the mass or volume of reactants and products. Students calculate the theoretical, percentage, and actual yield for chemical equations. This...

In this compounds worksheet, students calculate the number of grams or the number of moles in the given compounds. Students calculate the percentage weight by mass of an element in a compound. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.

In this circle graphs worksheet, students solve 10 different problems that include reading various circle graphs. First, they use graph 1 to determine how many students preferred which sport. Then, students use graph 2 to determine the...

For this atmosphere activity, students read a data table showing the percentages of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen in the atmosphere over the last 4500 million years. They then create a graph comparing these gases over time and...

For this chemistry worksheet, students determine the number of water molecules is a given volume of water. Students determine the empirical formula for given compounds from the percentage mass of elements. This worksheet has 20 problems...

In this circle graph worksheet, students fill in a graph showing given percentages about a class trip  and explain why a circle graph would be used, then compete another circle graph with different given information.