Young scholars figure out basic percentages by shooting paper balls into a basket, recording results, and calculating individual and team percentages for ten shots.

For this math worksheet, students are given 9 percentage problems that involve conversion, variables, story problems and fractions.

Students work together to analyze United States Census data on immigration. They compare and contrast the data and determine how immigration numbers have changed over time. They calculate percentages and make their own conclusions...

In this online percentages learning exercise, students access the Library of Virtual Manipulatives web site and open the percentage tool. They use the online tool to complete 8 multi-step questions making graphical representations and...

In this igneous rock worksheet, students answer 7 questions about the percentages of minerals in different types of igneous rocks. They also indicate what happens to various igneous rocks when you add bubbles or melt the rock and let it...

Students read and discuss an article on the amount of sugar in various food products. They compare the nutritional values of food products, calculate their daily intake of nutrients, analyze serving sizes, and compare/contrast their own...

Students change the scale of a work of art using ratios, percentages, and proportions. While this is technically an art lesson, there is quite a bit of mathematics involved in converting to the correct scale.

Students calculate the percentage decline in factors affecting the quality of life such as wages and unemployment, from before the Depression to the beginning of the New Deal. Students then calculate what the same percentage decline for...

In this mass worksheet, learners determine the percentage composition of given compounds. Students write the empirical formula from the percentage composition. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.

Students calculate baseball statistics. In this data analysis lesson, students use baseball statistics to calculate the batting average and slugging percentage. Students visit www.funbrain.com to play a math baseball game.

In this atmosphere worksheet, students identify the major components of the earth's atmosphere and write the percentage of each. They also fill in a pie graph of the percent composition of the atmosphere and answer questions about air.

Young scholars, using small individual bags of M&Ms, engage in activities including; estimating, sorting, graphing, mean, median, mode, fractions, percentage, and averaging.

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.

Students explore the concept of scale. In this scale lesson plan, students create a scale model of a room. Students calculate the area of a room. Students determine what percentage of the room is occupied by furniture.

Fifth graders interpret data into graphs and percentages.  In this organizing data lesson plan, 5th graders discuss bar, circle and line graphs.  Students complete bar graph and apply probability using the results.

Students research percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Students communicate mathematically by conducting interviews about percents and...

Students review basic math skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, finding averages, and working with percentages. They see how these skills apply to real life situations.

Students conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of sugar in various types of gum. They weigh the gum after chewing it to determine the amount of mass lost from each piece of gum, analyze the data, and create a graph of the...

In this how far along each line are the arrows instructional activity, learners determine the length on sixteen different lines. Students show the percentage and/or decimal equivalent of their answers to each line.

In this rain forest worksheet, learners use different basic math skills to calculate the percentage of Earth covered by rain forests today compared to fifty years ago. They study the effects of how cutting down trees contributes to water...

In this data corruption by high-energy particles, students solve 4 problems about the solar flare that corrupted the imagers measuring them. Students find the speed of the arriving particles and the percentage of light-speed the...

In this area and probability worksheet, learners solve 5 problems where they find the probability of an event occurring. They also use a given photograph of the moon's surface to find the area covered by craters and determine the...

In this sunspot activity worksheet, students are given a table with 3 types of flares produced by sunspots based on their brightness. Students answer 5 questions by interpreting the data and they determine the percentages of the...

Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math instructional activity, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage...