Worksheet
Curated OER

Percents, Fractions and Decimals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this percent activity, students convert decimals and fractions to percents and percents to decimals and fractions. 17 problems ask students to convert a percent to a fraction and a decimal. In 10 problems, students convert decimals to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Percents: Fractions and Decimals

For Students 4th - 6th
For this percents worksheet, students complete a total of 16 problems, writing fractions and decimals as percents, then writing percents as fractions and decimals. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fraction King Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the concept of fractions. For this fractions king lesson, students review math vocabulary and discover the equivalent forms of fractions as decimals and percents.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Arithmetic: Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

For Students 7th - 9th
In this arithmetic activity, students convert fractions to decimals and percents.  This two-page activity contains 30 problems. Many of the problems can be computed mentally.  Answers are provided.
Lesson Plan
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...
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

How to Convert Percentages to Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students can learn how to convert percents to decimals and fractions using 10x10 grids.
App
Todd Bowden

Number Line

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Arrange these in order on a number line: 95% 1/3 .700 3/5 5/6 50% .200 Was that too easy? Don't worry! This app gradually gets more difficult.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solvers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders compare decimals to the place-value structure in the base-ten number system. They represent fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a set, as locations on a number line, and as divisions of whole numbers....
Unit Plan
National Security Agency

Fraction Fever

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
This unit on fractions allows for upper-aged elementary learners to explore ways to find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers. Ultimately, young mathematicians will be able to identify equivalent fractions,...
Assessment
PBS

Working with Common Denominators: Assessments

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Now that the practice is over, see if young mathematicians can utilize their new skills on finding common denominators and adding fractions. The assessment contains one map challenge and follows with skills practice. 
Unit Plan
San Francisco Symphony

The 20% of Beethoven

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Compare Beethoven's fifth symphony to latin music and disco. Learners will listen to and discuss the elements found in the first part of Beethoven's composition. They'll then look for the same elements in Tito Puente and Bee Gees songs....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's a Family Affair!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percentages. In this fraction lesson, 6th graders turn fractions into decimals using division and move the decimal for a percentage. They complete a corresponding...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

WNBA Standings

For Students 6th - 7th
In this decimals worksheet, students fill out a chart with scores from the Women's National Basketball Association. Students convert fractions to percents and decimals.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math, Calories and You

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Discover the connection between calories and weight. Pupils multiply their body weight times calorie estimates for various physical activities to calculate calories burned per minute and per hour. Worksheets a well as website links are...
PPT
Curated OER

Percent III

For Teachers 6th - 7th
This PowerPoint provides the steps needed to change a fraction into a percent. Each slide displays the steps in written details, along with an actual example of the problem. This PowerPoint is effective in introducing the steps of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stretching the Truth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders visualize different percentages as parts of a whole on visual images. They observe alterations of photographs, and models of circles, squares and sets. This incredibly detailed, eight-page plan leads you through everything...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percents to Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice converting percentages to decimals. Through guided practice, they work to solve problems involving converting fractions to decimals. Working in pairs, 7th graders compete to be the first to solve the problem...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Expressing Percent as Fraction or Decimal

For Teachers 6th
In this expressing percent as fraction or decimal worksheet, 6th graders use the computer program Understanding Percent for instruction, then practice simplifying fractions and converting percents to fractions and decimals.
Interactive
Curated OER

TAKS Math Quiz-Equivalent Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th
For this TAKS math quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on equivalent fractions. Quiz can be graded online by clicking a link.
Interactive
Curated OER

Changing Percents to Fractions

For Students 7th - 9th
In this percent activity, learners convert percents to fractions.  This one-page activity contains 10 problems.  Answers are provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's a Per-"cent"?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize the mathematical connections between fractions and percents. They develop and study graphs to make connections between their data and what it represents. They write about the connections they have discovered.
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Circle Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pie isn't just for eating! Scholars learn to create pie charts and circle graphs to represent data. Given raw data, learners determine the percent of the whole for each category and then figure out the degree of the circle that percent...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Mixing Paints

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...