Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Percentages
A selection of teacher resources dealing with percentages. There are worksheets and PowerPoints available to download.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Treasure Island: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Can you find Short Jack Gold's treasure? Help him solve the fraction and decimal problems!
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
The Math League
The Math League: Percent & Probability
This tutorial gives definitions and examples of percents and probability and covers percent as a fraction and percent as a decimal.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Basics of Percent
Video activity [8:11] explains the basic concept of percents. Provides numerous problems for students to practice what they've learned.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Moving With Mathematics [Pdf]
In this lesson, students explore the concepts of fractions, percentages, and decimals by creating dances using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Solving Problems "By the Hundreds"
The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute site contains various math exercises relating to percentage and consumer-related problems. An explanation of sales tax, a related problem and answer are given.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What's in That Box of Cookies, Anyway?
In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize: Gcse Edexcel: Probability
Find out how probabilities are written as fractions, decimals or percentages on a scale from 0 to 1. Knowing basic facts about equally likely outcomes can help to solve more complicated problems.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Living With Diabetes
A patient discusses diabetes and how he manages his carbohydrate intake in this video segment from TV 411.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Percent and Fractions: Ratio and Proportion
Activities and factsheets exploring ratios and proportions in everyday life. Interactive, colorful, and fun.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Fraction
Use this interactive lesson to learn about fractions. You will find equivalent fractions, compare fractions, and more. Immediate feedback is given to your answers. Links to related videos.