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Family Activity - Color by Numbers: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners solve four short answer problems. They determine the number of each color of candy or paper clip in a bag, and calculate the fractional, decimal, and percentage representation of the color compared to the total number of items.
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Different Number

For Students 5th - 10th
In this different number worksheet, students find the different number in the number groups of fractions, percents, decimals, and more. Students complete 6 problems.
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Our Solar System - Comparing Planetary Travel Distances

For Teachers 7th - 8th
NASA presents a mini-unit on distances in our solar system. It incorporates scientific concepts of gravity, mass, density, and payload while your aspiring astronauts also employ mathematics skills. They calculate speed, they determine...
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Probability using M & M's

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Using M & M's candies, young statisticians predict the color distribution in a packet of candies and test their predictions against their group and the larger class. A review of converting between fractions, decimals, and percents...
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Is Bigger Always Better?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore rational numbers with the young mathematicians in your class. They will investigate decimals, fractions, and percents before ordering and comparing rational numbers. This multi-day unit includes differentiation activities and...
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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

For Students 6th - 8th
For this fractions, decimals, and percentages worksheet, students compare and order given amounts. Students identify equivalent numbers. They calculate the percent of a given number and convert from a fraction to a percent and to a...
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David Pleacher

Candy Math Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Few things can motivate children to learn like the promise of a sweet and tasty treat. Given a bag of M&M®s, Skittles®, or other colorful candy, students first predict the contents of the bag before counting the pieces,...
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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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Froot Loops to the Max - Team Totals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Froot Loops to the Max worksheet, young scholars solve 11 various problems related to determining the team totals found with Froot Loops cereal. First, they determine the number, fraction, percent, and decimal of each color of...
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Fraction Facts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to fractions, including operations with fractionsm converting fractions to decimals and percents. They are provided with activities that provide ample practice opportunities to reinforce the information from the...
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Interactive Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers determine the common denominator of two unlike fractions. They practice adding fractions and finding equivalent fractions of numbers. They compare and contrast different types of equations involving fractions and...
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Estimating With Fire

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students solve problems with percents, decimals and fractions. In this algebra lesson, students convert between fractions, percents and decimals. They estimate their answers and calculate their answer.
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Froot Loops to the Max - 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete and solve five questions related to a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they determine how many of each color of Froot Loops and which color has the greatest and least frequency. Then, pupils write the fraction...
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Froot Loops to the Max - 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this Froot Loops to the max worksheet, learners complete and solve 5 problems related to a box of Froot Loops cereal. First, they determine how many of each color is represented in the box of Froot Loops. Then, students determine...
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National Security Agency

It's Probably Probable

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners make predictions and draw conclusions from given information as they learn the meaning of probability in this vocabulary-rich, integrated activity that presents a variety of teaching strategies to motivate and reach...
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6-8 Baseball Fun: Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics on baseball cards. In this baseball math lesson, students use fractions and estimation to calculate statistics. Students calculate batting...
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Mental Methods

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mental methods instructional activity, students determine the correct answer when multiplying fractions, percents and decimals. They use mental math to solve problems.
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Ratios

For Students 4th - 8th
In this ratios learning exercise, learners are given the percentages and have to provide the ratios, fractions, and decimals for each number. Students complete 40 problems.
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A New Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a paper about how their life would be different if fractions, decimals and percents did not exist. The teacher leads a discussion after the papers are written.
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When Are We Ever Going To Use This?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percents in a real-world context. They examine examples of percents from magazines and newspapers, and create posters that depict the use of percents in articles and...
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Skateboards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine two plants that make skateboards. They practice converting fractions to percents in real life applications.
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Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars work in groups to show understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, percentages, and the application of ratios and proportions. In this decimals, fractions, and percents lesson, students use real life...
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Is Over Of

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve problems dealing with percents using "is over of" algorithm.
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San Francisco Symphony

The 20% of Beethoven

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Compare Beethoven's fifth symphony to latin music and disco. Learners will listen to and discuss the elements found in the first part of Beethoven's composition. They'll then look for the same elements in Tito Puente and Bee Gees songs....

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