Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.

Pupils describe patterns of internal migration in the United States, past and present and evaluate implications of internal migration. They examine population movement at the state and local levels.

Learners identify word problems that show stereotyping and calculate the percentages.

Students practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles.  In this statistics lesson, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag.  Students create a graph...

Young scholars look through magazines and calculate the percentages of the types of ads in the magazines. In this percentages lesson plan, students create a graph to show their results.

Students complete their examination over the Jewish Diaspora. Using population figures, they discover the importance of percentages in exploring trends. They use their own ethnic group and determine how it is represented in the United...

Students explore finding the percent of a numbers. They survey their peers to determine modes of transportation used in getting to school. Afterward, students organize information and create graphs and charts. They explore alternative...

Students explore a variety of crops that are used in our food products utalizing a box of the cereal, Honey "Bunches of Oates." Percentages of each of the three different kinds of flakes present are calculated.

Students complete several activities to learn about currency and the functions of money. In this money functions lesson, students complete activities to learn what are the functions of money. Students calculate item prices with...

Learners evaluate population maps and convert fractions to percentages. In this WWII lesson plan, students use statistics on the Holocaust to determine population loss and change. Learners create their own math questions and answers...

In this logic worksheet, students solve a word problem using logic about the percentage of population of the French who speak English. Students complete 1 problem.

Students define normal distribution as it relates to the bell curve. In this statistics lesson, students use the central tendencies of mean, median and mode to solve problems. They plot their data and draw conclusion from the graphs.

Students investigate how to reduce, recycle, and reuse items in order to conserve natural resources. They complete a trash graphing activity after discussing different types of trash. Finally, the examine ways to buy recycled products to...

Students determine the probability of drawing coins from each of the three United States Mints. They measure the distance between the Mints and determine which is closest to them. They convert fractions to percentages.

Students use batting averages to provide a measure of a player's past success. They use Algebra to calculate required performance to improve the average. Students compare baseball batting statistics early in the season and late in the...

In this money management learning exercise, students examine an advertisement for a bike and respond to 3 questions that require them to calculate percentages

In this fractions, decimals, and percents worksheet, students read about the process of converting fractions, decimals, and percents. Students then complete conversion charts independently.

In this percentages activity, students read about paranoid pirates and their claims of treasure and complete percentage problems based on their desired amount. Students complete 21 problems.

Students explain and learn the practical application of standard deviation. They compare cities in the U.S. and discover whether cities closer to the ocean have more consistent temperatures. Useful resources are given.

Students find city temperatures and analyze their means to find the standard deviation. They calculate the standard deviation of monthly temperature means.

Students participate in simulation as they examine vegetation in a square meter land plot. Students construct charts and a key to make predicitons about other land plots.

Students work together to identify items sent to landfills. They summarize percentages of the different items found in landfills. They create a pizza pie graph of all of the components found in landfills.

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.

In this division activity, students complete word problems with division about pizza slices, jelly servings, percentages of cards, and more. Students complete 14 problems.