Students will identify and use properties to solve equations when given a word problem or one that is already set up for them.

This activity will help students develop their understanding of percents and proportional reasoning by solving mixture problems. Working with two piles of circles the student determines the number in each pile that will be colored. In...

An interactive simulation that teaches about ratios, proportional reasoning, and using double number lines to look for patterns through interactions while shopping for fruits, vegetables, and candy and by comparing cars with different...

Given a problem situation involving sectors of circles, the student will use proportional reasoning to solve the problem.

Students use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and math problems by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

In this lesson plan, students will explore the concept of similarity. Students will first simplify ratios, solve proportions using the cross product property, and use properties of proportions to solve real-world problems. Similar...

Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of how to express a proportional relationship as an equation.

Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts, useage of ratio reasoning, and percentages.

Explains the basics and terminology of proportions.

In this video, students take a quick trip through the history of drive-in theaters and are then asked to consider the question, "What is the relationship between the size of an object's shadow and the object's distance from a light...

In this activity, students use mathematics to examine patterns that occur in a specific scenario and predict future events for the scenario. Data is collected on the time it takes to pass a ball. The students plot graphs, fit the data...

Given problems involving proportional relationships, the student will use multiplication by a constant factor to solve the problems.

In this video, students visit the Kentucky Horse Park where they are introduced to the question How are speed, time, and distance interrelated? The accompanying activity builds on a demonstration from the video of the length of Man o'...

Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts.

"Connecting learning to the real world" is the goal of the Futures Channel. Through the use of short videos, teachers can integrate real-world examples of how math and science are used in everyday life. Complete teaching guidelines...

Students explore proportional relationships in this activity as they create a giant that is proportional to an original model. The proportions are graphed and students can interact with the graph to change the giant's size.

Students explore proportional relationships in this activity as they build a ratio table in order to project how many tiles would be needed to cover the area of a floor.

Volume 1 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for explaining five big ideas of number sense and numeration to students in grades 4 through 6: quantity, operational...

This activity introduces students to the concept of using proportional reasoning to estimate the size of an animal population.

In this activity, students can use percentages and proportional reasoning skills to solve problems.

In this activity, students use volume formulas and proportional reasoning to calculate the amount of concrete needed to make stepping stones of a specific size.

In this video, students explore Depression-era post office murals and modern outdoor murals to learn how artists use proportional reasoning and measurement to create large-scale paintings. The video ends with the question, "How do...

Investigate the slopes involved in ski jumping. This video focuses on defining slope, showing how to calculate slope on a graph, with an expression, and positive and negative slopes.

In this lesson plan, 7th graders explore proportional relastionships using paint colors.