Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding a Percent of a Number

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this percent worksheet, students find the percent of a number using multiplication. This one-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the same page.
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Math Worksheets Land

Percent of a Number - Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Take the work out of worksheets and give your learners practice with finding percents of numbers in the 100s. This resource has five versions of the same topic to provide different questions to meet your needs. 
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CK-12 Foundation

Percent of a Number: Rock Climbing

For Students 6th - 8th
What percent of the 100 ft. rock has Marta climbed? Young mathematicians find the percent of number (the rock height) by moving the climber up and down the rock.
Lesson Plan
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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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...
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Common Core Sheets

Finding Percents

For Students 6th Standards
What is 75% of 200? The answer is 150. These are the types of questions students are prompted to solve, in a worksheet that reinforces finding percents of a number.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Find Probability

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Sam bought tickets for a school raffle and wants to know if he has a good chance of winning. Help him find out with this step-by-step presentation on basic probability. Examples clearly model how to find the probability of simple events...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Percent of a Number

For Teachers 6th
In this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders find the percents of various numbers. They set up the problem, estimate, and write their response. Students also compare their answers to their estimates for each problem.
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Math Worksheets Land

Finding Percentages (of 10s)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Here are five different versions of worksheets to calculate percentages of a number. Although there is no answer key, this resource takes the work out of making different versions of the same topic.
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Math Worksheets Land

Find Percentages of Numbers - Guided Lesson

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice the skill of finding percentages of a number with this resource and explanation key. The worksheet also comes with a quick lesson and additional practice problems to provide a complete lesson for your learners. 
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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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Curated OER

What Percent of a Number is a Number?

For Students 6th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, 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.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Finding One Hundred Percent Given Another Percent

For Teachers 7th Standards
Class members solve problems to find the whole when given a percent. They  use double line numbers and factors of hundred to help break the 100 percent into equal segments. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent Word Problems

For Students 7th - 9th
In this word problem worksheet, students find the percent of a number.  This two-page worksheet contains 18 problems.  Answers are provided on the last page.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Fill in the blanks to find the best discount! Groups complete a table of amounts and percents associated with sale items. Classmates then find the original cost, sale cost, discount amount, paid percent, or the discount percent...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Dana's House

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Your class is to find the percent of the lot that is not covered by a house. Make sure your pupils understand the problems before they begin. The lot is the whole of the percent problem and the house is the part. The exercise is good...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating Total From Percents

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Using this short review of finding a percentage of a number, learners can practice important skills. There are twelve questions on this worksheet.
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,...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Estimating a Population Proportion

For Teachers 7th Standards
Find the percent of middle schoolers who want the ability to freeze time. The 21st installment in a series of 25 has groups collect a random sample of respondents who answer a question about superpowers. Using sample statistics,...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Part of a Whole as a Percent

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils use visual models, numeric methods, and equations to solve percent problems. To complete the second installment of 20, they find the part given the percent and the whole, find the percent given the part and the whole, and find the...
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Achieve

Spread of Disease

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Viruses can spread like wildfire, and mathematics can model the speed of infection. Given a function, scholars analyze it to describe the spread of a disease within a stadium. Learners find the initial number infected and the maximum...
Handout
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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. 
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...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't discount how much your pupils understand percents! The 27th lesson plan 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...