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101 Questions

Nana's Lemonade

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Consistency is the key. One lemon wedge per glass of water makes a nice glass of lemonade. Young scholars must identify the number of lemon wedges they need to make the same lemonade in a big gulp cup. They develop their own solution...
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PBS

Working With Equivalent Fractions, Decimals and Percentages: Activities and Supplemental Materials

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Reinforce math concepts using six worksheets that coincide with Virtual Math Girl's video instruction. The practice pages' objectives include writing equivalent fractions, decimal equivalents, and converting percents to decimals and...
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Curated OER

Ratios, Rates, Percent and Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine food labels to determine percentage of fat and sugar to total calories with middle schoolers. Daily nutritional guidelines are discussed and learners will decide how well their foods fit into a healthy diet. In the provided...
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Kuta Software

Proportions

For Students 6th - 9th
In this pre-algebra worksheet, students check 6 pairs of ratios to determine if they are equivalent. In the final 16 problems, students solve for the missing value in the equivalent proportions.
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Curated OER

All About Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the use of multiplication and division of whole numbers to solve problems including equivalent ratios and rates.
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Curated OER

Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars comprehend that ratios and fractions are interchangeable. They compare ratios using common denominators, cross multiplication, and intuition. Students find equivalent fractions. They comprehend that equivalent ratios do...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Running at a Constant Speed

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The learner must use the given constant speed to find the unit rate. A table is made in order to relate the speed to the time and the distance. From the table, learners are able to see the unit rate in miles per minute and miles per...
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Curated OER

Working with Percentages and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this percentages and proportions activity, learners are given percentages, they express them as a proportions, they create an equivalent ratio using "x" for the unknown portion and they cross multiply and divide to find their answer.
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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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Noyce Foundation

Cereal

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...
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Curated OER

Ratios: true or false

For Students 6th - 10th
In this ratios activity, students answer true or false to the ratios in each problem whether they are correct or not. Students complete 10 problems dealing with numbers less than 30.
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Mixing Paints

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...
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101 Questions

Nana's Paint Mixup

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
You would probably do anything for your Nana, including fixing her mistakes! Nana provided the wrong ratio to mix red and white paint, and she didn't realize it until after she mixed the paint. Your class now needs to figure out how to...
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Waterloo Mathematics

Number Sense and Numeration: Ratio and Rate

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Seventh-graders solve 20 various types of problems related to ratio and rate. They write ratios in simplest form for each given statement, to compare the area of two figures, and write two ratios equivalent to each ratio. Pupils express...
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Curated OER

Quiz: Creating Equivalent Proportions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this proportion worksheet, students create a proportion from a set of four numbers. They write ratios that are equal to each other. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Curated OER

Shots, Standings, and Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Rates and ratios can easily be applied to real-world situations. Learners explore a series of websites in order to procure comparable data. They define ratios and rates, view videos, and use the internet to explore how ratios and rates...
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Curated OER

Equivalent Proportions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this equivalent proportion activity, students identify ratios written in three different forms (with a colon, with the word "to" and as a fraction). Students write the ratios as a proportion and then determine their equivalency. ...
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Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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Curated OER

Ratio, Proportion And Percent Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students examine the answers to a formal assessment focusing on the concepts of ratio, proportion, and percent.
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Balanced Assessment

At the Supermarket

For Students 6th - 8th
Grocery managers and chefs sure use lots of math. Scholars first use ratios and unit rates to determine a price for a can of corn. Once individuals have the pricing, they determine the amount of ingredients necessary to make brownies...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Comparing Strategies for Proportion Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
Having problems with proportions? Then solve these proportion problems with an exercise that asks learners to first individually solve a set of problems involving ratios and proportional reasoning. Groups then discuss provided sample...
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Curated OER

60-30-10

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships as they investigate the concept of how percentages are used by designers. Students decorate the same room using three different percentages of colors.
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Curated OER

Sore Throats, Variation 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why does Nia's water taste saltier than Trey's if she put more into her cup than he did? Math masters set up proportions in order to compare the mixtures. This task effectively has learners apply the concepts of ratio and proportion to a...
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Curated OER

Art Class, Variation 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Given a set of six paint mix ratios, artistic mathematicians produce an equation that relates the number of parts for blue paint to parts for yellow paint resulting new shades of green. 

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