PBS
Recognize and Represent Proportional Relationships between Quantities: Ratio, Proportion, Cross Multiply, and Divide
Review three video clips for one major concept. The resource contains three short clips to introduce the idea of ratios and proportions and how to solve a proportion. After watching the video, partners use their noses to push pom poms...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Estate Appraiser
Real estate is all about location, location, location—and perhaps a little bit of math. A set of two videos has real estate appraisers describe the work that they do. Scholars discuss how mathematics plays a role in these jobs to...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Data Analyst
Data is just waiting for scholars to analyze. By viewing a video of a data analyst explaining his job and the math that surrounds it, scholars begin a lesson on data collection and analysis. Groups develop questions for a poll on teenage...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Health Educator
Get healthy using math (although exercise helps, too!). Future consumers analyze a set of nutritional labels to compare caloric and nutrition information for two cereal brands. After watching a video of a health educator explaining how...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Chef
Cook up a lesson on unit conversions. Scholars brainstorm how chefs use math in restaurants, and then watch a video of a real chef explaining how unit conversions, food and supply costs, portion sizes, and payroll all require math. They...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Nurse
Quick, nurse, grab a calculator! A role-playing activity has groups measure vitals, such as heart rate, blood pressure, weight, etc. After viewing a video on how nurses use math in the workplace, scholars apply knowledge of rates and...
PBS
Real-Life Math | Radiologist
How are radiologists like superheroes? Answer: They have X-ray vision and can do math. A short three-minute video and an associated lesson focus on how radiologists use math in their professional lives. It tasks learners with performing...
Anywhere Math
Ratios and Ratio Tables
There's no equivalent to the video. Young mathematicians learn about ratios by watching a short YouTube video. It focuses on writing ratios for contextual situations and finding equivalent ratios using ratio tables.
Anywhere Math
Solving Proportions
It's all proportional. Learners watch an instructive video that explains how to solve proportions. the resource covers how to use mental math by reducing one of the sides of the proportion and then applying a multiplicative relationship....
Krista King Math
Fractions to Decimals to Percents
Find a relationship between different forms of numeric expressions. The video lesson explains the process of converting between fractions, decimals, and percents. The instructor models a problem starting with each of the three forms, so...
Krista King Math
Percent Markup
How much money does the store make on the new sneakers you just bought? Use the video lesson to explore the formula for determining percent markup based on a selling price. The example shown explains how to determine a selling price...
PBS
Working With Coordinate Planes: Student Video
Provide your mathematicians an introduction to coordinate planes with a captivating video featuring Virtual Math Girl. Viewers get a step-by-step description of how to use a single, positive number quadrant to plot ordered...
PBS
Working With Coordinate Planes: Instructor Video
Watch a video intended for teachers to gain pointers, tips, and tricks to teach learners how to graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane, and to calculate distances with the distance formula. Additionally, obtain recommendations...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Proportions
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...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Identify Outcomes and Make Predictions
Making predictions and identifying possible outcomes are skills that all science pupils should possess. In this video, Mia and Sam discuss the chances of puppies being male or female as an example. The animation is adorable, and will...
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using Ratios?
The teacher demonstrates how to set up a word problem into a ratio of fractions. There are many ways to solve this equivalent ratios problem and the instructor chooses to find a multiplier to find the missing value.
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Use an Equation to Find a Part of a Whole?
Watch the instructor change a percent into a decimal and multiply it by the original number to determine the percent. One idea would be to embed this video in a PowerPoint presentation, or assign it as homework with your flipped...
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Use a Proportion to Find a Part of a Whole?
There are two methods for finding the percentage of a number. One is to use an equation, and the other is to use a proportion. This tutorial demonstrates with clear examples how to implement the proportion method. Insert this video into...
Math Playground
How Do You Solve a Ratio Word Problem?
Review how to calculate ratios using this film. The instructor works through word problems involving a ratio. This is a wonderful way to make ratios easier to understand.
Virtual Nerd
What are Rates and Unit Rates?
Rate is really a ratio of given quantities that you are comparing that have different units. A unit rate is a rate that has a denominator of one. The teacher gives a couple of examples for each term, rate and unit rate. The instructor is...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: I <3 Math: What Is a Ratio?
This video is an introduction to the concept of ratios that provides real-world examples. This "I <3 Math" episode defines ratios, discusses combining ratios, and demonstrates the correct ways to write ratios. [2:37]
Math TV
Math tv.com: Basic Mathematics: Ratios Are Fractions
Videos offering step-by-step solutions to problems involving ratios. A math teacher and students will show you how to figure out answers to "write the ratio 16 to 48 as a fraction in lowest terms," "give the ratio of 2/3 to 4/9 as a...
