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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...
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Statistics and Shopping

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Explore how statistics are used in everyday life. Your soon-to-be savvy consumers use the Internet to find consumer-related statistical information and learn to make wise consumer decisions. Includes links to a practice sheet about data...
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Translate Word Phrases and Sentences into Equations

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Use this video to show your learners an example of how to translate word phrases into an equation to solve a real-world problem. The presenter begins with a review of how to use cross products to solve a proportion, including how to do...
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Capture/Recapture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use proportions to estimate the size of populations. They describe the data with using a graph or table of the estimate. Students use descriptive statistics to calculate mean, median, and mode. They also compare and...
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Numbers and Operations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using proportions to discover the fraction needed to use the right amount of an ingredient. They calculate the number of ounces in one gallon as well. They answer questions to complete the lesson plan.
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Fire!, Probability, and Chaos

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers work with the concept of probability. They are introduced to the concept of chaos. Learners graph and analyze using a line plot, work with mean, and are introduced to the concept of variance.
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M&M's

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use M&M candies to show fractions, percents, and ratios. Individually, they complete a worksheet using their candies and solving equations of greater than or less than. They review their answers and strategies used as a...
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M & M Percentages Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a worksheet using M & M's to calculate percentages. They are given demonstrations by the teacher to know how to complete the activity.
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Ratios

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The instructional activity is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
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Ratios

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratio worksheet, students complete 4 charts, converting fractions to ratios, percents and decimals. A website reference is included for additional resources.
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Space Shuttle Statistics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
students are the opportunity to enhance their computation skills using real life statistics associated with the Space Shuttle. Skills emphasized include working with fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, comparing units,...
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Probability Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students do an experiment with probability. For this probability lesson, they listen to part of the book G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by David M. Schwartz. They complete 3 probability experiments and check to see how close...
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Skittles Lab

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use Skittles as manipulatives to practice computing decimals from fractions, computing decimals into percentages, and creating bar graphs from gathered data.
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Let's Go Shopping with $500

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...
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A Statistical Look at Jewish History.

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages by completing activities. In this research analysis lesson, 8th graders look at different websites to figure out Jewish populations in different situations.
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Percentage Review

For Students 5th - 8th
In this percentages instructional activity, students convert fractions with numbers up to 10 into percentages. Students complete 13 percentage problems.
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Coin Conversions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in the study of conversions from decimals to percents while examining monetary values. They explain the relationships between the equivalency interchanging decimals with percents. Then students write about the...
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Converting Percents to Fractions

For Students 4th - 7th
For this percents conversion worksheet, students apply their math skills as they respond to 5 questions that require them to convert percents to fractions.
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Fra-Per-Dec

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of ordering fractions and finding equivalent fractions. In this ordering fractions and finding equivalent fractions lesson, students play a card game where middle schoolers must collect 5 cards with...
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Mixing Colours

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.
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Percent To Fractions

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math worksheet, students convert the percents to fractional equivalents through the reading of the percentage as a decimal or division.
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Fraction King Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the concept of fractions. In this fractions king instructional activity, students review math vocabulary and discover the equivalent forms of fractions as decimals and percents.
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Chapter 7 Test

For Students 6th - 8th
In this decimal, fraction, and percent review worksheet, students solve 25 short answer problems. Problems cover a variety of decimal, fraction, and percent applications.
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How much is a movie worth?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how much a movie is worth. They use decimals and percentages greater than 100 to complete this activity.