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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paper Pool

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore ratio and proportion, GCF, and LCM.  In this middle school mathematics lesson plan, students play an interactive Paper Pool game that provides an opportunity to increase their understanding or ratio, proportion, GCF, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and interpret various ways of expressing probability as a decimal, fraction, percent, or ratio. They solve problems based on probability as they apply to real world applications.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ratio Basketball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in teams of four, practice shooting free throws while mentally converting the ratio of shots made to those thrown into a percent. They chart and record the ratio, decimal and actual percentage earned after each round.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Molly's Run

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A simple lesson with a lot of support behind it. Your learners will find out how long it takes Molly to run a mile by choosing their solution method. The activity can be used as a lesson or as an independent assignment. Preface with...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Percent of a Number: Acid Solution

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Mathematicians answer five questions about percents, ratios, and proportions with help from an interactive graduated cylinder. Question types include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and discussion. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students collect real data through listening, counting and timing jazz pieces.They use ratios, rates, and proportions to report collected data and demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.
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Worksheet
Central New Mexico Community College

Percent Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

PrimeTime Math: Cliffbound!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students are involved in a cooperative learning environment that analyzes fractions, ratios to time and distance, equivalent fractions and numerical relationships and expressions in quantitative problems. They take notes, relate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing the Concept: Proportions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars measure distances. In this proportions lesson plan, students use a map to find how far it is between different cities. Young scholars use their knowledge of measurement, multiplication and fractions to find the distances.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proportions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this proportion worksheet, students identify equivalent fractions and solve proportions. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Workbook
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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
Yummy Math

Raspberry Chocolate Heart Cake

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Have you ever finished a piece of cake and wished you had more? Solve this common dilemma with math! A straightforward worksheet prompts middle schoolers to use the given dimensions of a heart-shaped cake when planning to bake two larger...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flying with Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers test their knowledge of the Wright Brothers and their aircraft, and compute ratio of two numbers to determine the ratio between wing span and length of aircraft.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Linear Graphs Using Proportions and Rates

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using a TI-73 or other similar graphing calculator middle school math majors investigate the linear relationship of equivalent proportions. After a brief introduction by the teacher, class members participate in a timed pair share...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Exploring Slope

For Students 7th - 8th
In this exploring slope worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different problems. First, they compare an object's weight on Earth to an object's weight on another planet using the information given. Then, students compare this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractional Blocks

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore the concept that fractions can also be considered a ratio. They discover that the fraction bar can be read as "out of." Students practice basic multiplication facts and use patterns to find fractions of shapes.
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Photographs

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Scaling needs to be picture perfect. Pupils use proportional reasoning to find the missing dimension of a photo. Class members determine the sizes of paper needed for two configurations of pictures in the short assessment task.
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

7th Grade Math Common Core Checklist

For Teachers 7th Standards
With so many math standards to fit into a school year, it can be difficult keeping track of what you have and have not covered. This collection of Common Core checklists allows you to maintain a running record of when each standard was...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dragonfly

For Teachers 7th Standards
The speed of a dragonfly brings math into the real world as your learners collaboratively see the value in calculating unit rates in direct proportion problems. This six-phase lesson plan encourages you, as the teacher, to only ask...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Proportions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a lesson that focuses on having them solve different proportions. The lesson includes an example that the teacher can work from in order to deliver direct instruction.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Problems with Proportions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of proportions. In this proportion lesson, 7th graders play a review game involving whiteboards. Students work in groups to solve a given proportion the fastest. Students also work in pairs to solve...
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Handout
Del Mar College

Translating Verbal Expressions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Help scholars translate verbal expressions into numerical expressions. The two-page document is comprised of descriptions and examples that showcase terms and phrases related to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, powers,...
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Activity
101 Questions

Sugar Packets

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Depending on your eating habits, you just may not want to know the answer to the inquiry-based question! The task is to determine the number of sugar packets in one 20-ounce soda. Learners use nutritional information from the sugar and...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Voting for Two, Variation 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The votes are in and your mathematicians are going to calculate how many votes each candidate received. Three different solution choices are given, depending on which method is taught. Have your learners set up a table, compute parts, or...

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