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Scholastic

Study Jams! Proportions

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Join Zoe and Sam as they use proportions to budget money for their Green Earth Club. Watch as they set up and solve a series of proportions using cross multiplication and division. A great resource that brings together prior knowledge of...
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Curated OER

Solving Radical Equations Including Problem Solving

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this rational equation worksheet, students solve 20 equations with a variable in the denominator of one more terms. They also read real-life application problems, write a rational equation to fit the problem and solve the equation....
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EngageNY

Solving Rational Equations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
What do fractions and rational expressions have in common? Everything! Learners use common denominators to solve rational equations. Problems advance from simple to more complex, allowing pupils to fully understand the material before...
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Curated OER

Fraction/Decimal/Proportion Equations

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, learners solve linear equations for the given variable. They use combining like terms to simplify equations. Students use opposite operations to isolate the variable.
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EngageNY

The Graph of a Linear Equation in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Add more points on the graph ... and it still remains a line! The 13th installment in a series of 33 leads the class to the understanding that the graph of linear equation is a line. Pupils find several solutions to a two-variable linear...
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EngageNY

Linear Equations in Disguise

For Teachers 8th Standards
In the eighth segment of a 33-part unit, learners look at equations that do not appear to be linear at first glance. The equations are proportions where the numerators and denominators may have more than one term. To round out the...
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National Security Agency

Partying with Proportions and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Examine ratios and proportions in several real-world scenarios. Children will calculate unit rates, work with proportions and percentages as they plan a party, purchase produce, and take a tally. This lesson plan recommends five...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion: Basic Operations and Applications

For Students 7th - 9th
Learners explore example problems dealing with ratios and proportions. Afterward, they read story problems and solve them using ratios and proportions. This four-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Curated OER

Word Problems Dealing with Ratio and Proportion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Mindful middle-schoolers read and solve a number of word problems. Learners copy and discuss what they believe their strategies are in solving each problem. They also write their findings and share with the rest of the class.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solving Proportions

For Students 9th
In this solving proportions worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 16 different equations that include using proportions. First, they define a proportion and begin by eliminating the fractions in each. Then, students multiply both...
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Curated OER

Understanding Proportions and Scale Drawings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Proportions are ratios found using multiplication or division. Middle schoolers solve measurement problems, find a figure's missing dimension, and find the distance between two points. Resource features four lesson plans with detailed...
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Corbett Maths

Direct Proportion

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Direct change by finding the constant. Using two known values within a direct proportion, the resource shows how to find the constant of proportionality. Once individuals do that, they then find any value given the other. The video works...
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Curated OER

Proportionally Speaking!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils are introduced to the concept of proportions. In groups, they practice solving equations and identify the fraction and ratio as well. They complete a worksheet following the steps outlined to them to review the concept.
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Curated OER

Study Buddies - Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Middle-schoolers solve various problems related to proportions. They write ratios in word form and then, replace the words with numbers. Pupils also write an equation in which they will cross-multiply to solve the proportion. This is an...
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Curated OER

Applications Using Rational Equations

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Algebra learners explore the concept of writing equations using rational expressions. This work sheet contains a number of word problems including reciprocal number problems, work problems, and problems can that be solved using...
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Curated OER

Solving Rational Equations

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders solve rational expressions, by combining the denominators and making them common. They solve word problems using algebra. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Word Problems Leading to Rational Equations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Show learners how to apply rational equations to the real world. Learners solve problems such as those involving averages and dilution. They write equations to model the situation and then solve them to answer the question — great...
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Ratios and Proportions with Congruent and Similar Polygons

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Investigate how similar and congruent figures compare. Learners understand congruent figures have congruent sides and angles, but similar figures only have congruent angles — their sides are proportional. After learning the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Art Class, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Play with paint and decide the ratio to make different shades of green. When mixing paint colors, your painters should decide which ratios make the same shade and what is needed to mix other ratios for a different shade of green. This is...
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Curated OER

7.RP Music Companies, Variation 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Real-world multiple-step proportion problems are sometimes hard to find for your math class. Here is one designed specifically to meet that need. Learners use proportional relationships to determine price per share in the acquisition of...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Analyze Proportional Relationships and Use Them to Solve Real-World Problems

For Students 7th Standards
What proportion of learners will benefit from the lessons on proportional reasoning? Class members learn about proportional relationships, from unit rates to writing equations for proportional relationships. Then, they learn to use...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Ratios and Proportions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratios and proportions worksheet, learners complete several activities that advance their understanding of proportions and ratios. Learners solve six equations and five word problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Proportions

For Students 8th - 12th
In this similarities worksheet, learners set up ratios and solve proportions using algebra. All of the equations turn out to be linear with no quadratics to solve. There are 20 questions.  
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Raytheon

Ratios and Rates

For Students 6th - 9th
Here is a ratios, rates, and proportions worksheet which invites learners to solve word problems dealing with ratios, rates, and proportions. They complete 26 problems total.