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Curated OER

How Big Is That Star?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Aspiring astronomers study stars. They compare stars and explain the relationship between radius, mass, and diameter. By creating a star simulation, they discover how a binary star system's orbit can cause changes in the observed...
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Curated OER

Ratios

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ratio worksheet, students complete 4 charts, converting fractions to ratios, percents and decimals. A website reference is included for additional resources.
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PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants to Be a Champion

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Challenge your learners with this game focusing on problems involving ratios and calculating percentages. In this game, learners have to identify a ratio, convert ratios to a fraction, convert a percent to a fraction, and answer word...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios, Rates and Percentages

For Students 6th
In this ratios, rates and percentages worksheet, 6th graders solve 16 different types of problems that include writing each ratio as a decimal and a fraction in lowest terms as a percent. They also arrange numbers in ascending order and...
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Math Mammoth

Ratios 1

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratios learning exercise, students complete several activities for ratios. Students enhance their understanding of ratios and percents.
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Math Mammoth

Fractions, Percents, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 7th
In this percents activity, students complete 3 charts in which percents, decimals and fractions are converted. Students also solve 20 problems with the changing of percents to decimals or fractions.
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Curated OER

Popping Up Percents!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers find percents and unit price using popcorn.
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Math Mammoth

Ratios and Proportions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ratios and proportions activity, learners complete several activities that advance their understanding of proportions and ratios. Students solve six equations and five word problems.
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Math Worksheets Land

Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Math in real life IS a thing and your learners can see how when they practice ratio word problems. Use the handy ratio to convert between measurements and figure out the answer when given a change of information. Resource also comes with...
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Math Worksheets Land

Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Increasing and decreasing values happen every day and your learners will be prepared after practicing this activity. Show them how ratios are a convenient method to convert between values to get the answer they need. Resource also comes...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Finding a 10% increase

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A quick problem to test your mathematicians' knowledge on percent increase. Two different solutions are provided, mental math and computing. Ask your learners to include a description of what they did to supplement their answer.
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Math Worksheets Land

Percent Error and Percent Increase - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Give your learners a small taste of the business world by calculating percent error and percent increase. The resource provides several practice problems to give your mathematicians practice setting up the ratio to convert to percents....
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Business Management and Administration: Compound Interest - A Millionaire's Best Friend

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Many math concepts are covered through this resource: percentages, decimals, ratios, exponential functions, graphing, rounding, order of operations, estimation, and solving equations. Colorful worksheets and a link to a Google search for...
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Discovery Education

Understanding Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars investigate probability. They will define probability as the likelihood of an event occurring. Then, they determine the probability of sitting in a particular seat on a plane. They also set up ratios of various seating...
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NTTI

If You Hopped Like a Frog

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get your frogs hopping by introducing them to the concepts of ratio and proportion. As a class, they perform arithmetic operations using ratios then discover how they represent quantitative relationships. In groups, they write their own...
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Curated OER

The Golden Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars view the video, "Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land," and discuss examples in nature which have proportions of the golden ratio. They measure and record different body lengths from a worksheet and convert the ratios to equivalent...
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Curated OER

Smaller Than One

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine how to convert fractions into decimals and percents. They work with base ten blocks and a worksheet to color in parts of 100 and renaming the parts as decimals and fractions.
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New Mexico State University

Atlantean Dodgeball

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Develop ratios within sporting games. Class members watch a video about dodgeball and see how coaches compare the scores. Pupils then work with ratios to compare the scores throughout the tournament. Using their knowledge of ratios, they...
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PBS

The Lowdown — Exploring Changing Obesity Rates through Ratios and Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Math and medicine go hand-in-hand. After viewing several infographics on historical adult obesity rates, pupils consider how they have changed over time. They then use percentages to create a new graph and write a list of questions the...
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PBS

The Lowdown — Examining California's Prison System: Real-World Ratio

For Teachers 6th Standards
Free yourself from the shackles of traditional math lessons. Young mathematicians investigate race, gender, and age differences in California's prison system. They use provided graphics to compare the prison population with the state's...
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Curated OER

Percent Problems

For Students 6th - 7th
In this statistics worksheet, students find the percentages of the five given numbers. There is one problem where the students must find the percent of a fraction.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ratio worksheet, learners provide conversions for sets of ratios in charts, converting to fractions, decimals and percents. A website reference is given for additional resources. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios

For Students 4th - 8th
In this ratios worksheet, students are given the percentages and have to provide the ratios, fractions, and decimals for each number. Students complete 40 problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios-Conversions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ratio instructional activity, students complete a set of 4 charts, filling in conversions of ratios, fractions, percents or decimals. A website reference is given for additional activities. 

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