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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calculate Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Sixth and seventh graders study the concept of finding the percent of a number. They calculate the percent of any given number. Pupils describe ways to use calculating percents in their daily life, and change percents into decimals,...
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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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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Calculating Simple Interest

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How much is owed? A calculated resource introduces the simple interest formula with a video that describes how to use it. Classmates then show what they know by answering questions within a simple interest worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Percentages

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Here is an approach to calculating percent with 16 practice problems to solidify the skill. Two examples demonstrate dividing by 100 to get one percent and then multiplying by the percentage in question to get the solution. Learners find...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Interactive Zone: Percentages

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners calculate the percent of a number.  This one-page activity contains 10 problems. Answers are provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts Per Hundred (ppH)

For Students 8th - 9th
In this parts per hundred worksheet, students read about describing components of a population by parts per a given number such as 100, 100 or 1 million. Students are given 6 problems to calculate the parts per hundred for each sample...
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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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent

For Students 4th - 6th
In this percent worksheet, students calculate the percent of each number. Students calculate percentages of 10 numbers and write the answers with decimals.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mental Math: Percent of a Number

For Students 4th - 5th
In this percent of a number worksheet, students solve a series of 6 word problems. Students are given "hints" to help solve problems 1 and 2.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Percents of a Number (A)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this percents worksheet, students solve 40 problems in which the percent of a number is calculated. (Example: 35% of 31). There is no instruction on the page.
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Interactive
Curated OER

What Percent of a Number is a Number?

For Students 6th - 12th
In this algebra 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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Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Percent Error and Percent Increase - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Give your learners a small taste of the business world by calculating percent error and percent increase. The resource provides several practice problems to give your mathematicians practice setting up the ratio to convert to percents....
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Lesson Plan
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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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Worksheet
Math Worksheets 4 Kids

Percent into Decimal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Young business entrepreneurs will need to know how to calculate interest rates before making millions. Empower their knowledge with a worksheet on converting percents into decimals.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 3: Number Sense

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners solve word problems using number sense. They convert fractions to decimals and mixed numbers. Pupils determine if a given fraction is greater or less than another fraction, and order numbers on a number line.
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Number Towers

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Number towers use addition or multiplication to ensure each level is equal. While this is common in factoring, it is often not used with algebraic equations. Solving these six questions relies on problem solving skills and being able to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percent of a Number

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this percent worksheet, students complete problems such as changing percents to decimals, filling in percentage charts, and more. Students complete 8 problems.
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Interactive
Curated OER

My Test Book: Calculating Percents

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to calculate percents. Students may view the correct answers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent Worksheet 15

For Students 4th - 6th
In this percent worksheet, learners calculate the percentages of two and three digit numbers. Students complete 18 problems where they calculate percentages.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems III

For Teachers 6th Standards
What happens when combining percentage discounts? The last instructional activity in a series of 29 introduces the idea of combining discounts one after another. Pupils wrestle with the claim that to find the total discount, they need to...
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Percent of Change

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Your car decreases in value from $20,000 to $17,000. What percent of the value have you lost? Pupils answer word problems by determining the percent of change. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Fluency with Percents

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils build confidence working with percents as they work several types of percent problems to increase their fluency. The resource contains two sets of problems specifically designed to build efficiency in finding solutions of basic...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

The Price of Bread

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
As part of an initiative to strengthen our young adults' financial understanding, this problem explores the cost of bread and minimum wage since the 1930s. Learners are asked to find the percent increase from each year and compare it...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Comparing Years

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Who knew that the Egyptian, Julian, and Gregorian year were different lengths? Your mathematicians will! They will have to calculate the difference between the years in seconds and find the percent change. Using dimensional analysis,...