Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can I Afford This Apartment?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of cost of living. For this cost of living lesson, students calculate the cost of living in an apartment along with other living expenses.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sales Tax and Discounts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. In this sales tax and discounts lesson, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Middle schoolers must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Middle...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Ratios

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students access web site and record various population statistics pertaining to a county in the USA of their choice. They use this data to set up and solve ratios. They compare data to make meaning of the numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods. They utilize worksheets and websites imbedded in this plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders view overhead maps of Texas, explore history of Aldrige Sawmill, and practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and natural history of east Texas Piney Woods.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aldridge Sawmill -- The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders view a recent transparency of the average rainfall zones of the state of Texas. Using another transparency, they identify the Piney Woods subregion of the Gulf Coastal Plain and locate national forests and sawmills. ...
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Changing Fractions and Decimals to Percents

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Millionaire Game challenges students to convert fractions and decimals to percents. Students will use decimal notation with denominators of 10 and 100 and convert rational numbers to decimals using long division.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Converting Decimals to Percents

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice expressing a decimal like 0.546 as a percent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
Other

Interactive Learning Sites for Education: Decimals

For Students 4th - 6th
A large collection of links to interactive activities and games on the topic of decimals.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Percents 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-eight problems present a variety of percent topics: percents as fractions, improper, and mixed numbers, percents as decimals, simple interest, and percent of increase/decrease. They are given with each step to the solution...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 Fractions as Decimals

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of fraction and decimals. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Converting Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Tutorial provides practice with converting decimals, percentages, and fractions.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Fractions, Decimals Percents Jeopardy

For Students 5th - 8th
This Jeopardy game challenges students to convert fractions to percents and decimals as well as percents to fractions and decimals. Play with up to 10 teams.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Converting Decimals to Percents

For Students 9th - 10th
The mathematics tutorial examines how to convert decimals to percents. Students learn about the concept through notes, examples, and practice problems.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Fractions, Decimals and Percents

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of fractions, decimals and percents. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Decimals, Fractions, and Percents Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
Students take a quiz to assess their ability to convert decimals, fractions, and percents. At the end of the quiz, a results summary is shown, and students can review missed questions.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Percents and Decimals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of percents and decimals. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
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Quia

Quia: Convert Decimals to Percents & Vice Versa Quiz 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this quiz to assess your ability to convert a decimals to a percentages and vice versa. There is a link with information to review this skill if you have difficulty.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Conversion of Decimals, Fractions, and Percent

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert decimals to percents, percents to decimals and fractions, and fractions to percents.
Activity
Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10: The Meaning of Percent

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This excellent math resource explains and defines the meaning of percent. Multiplying and dividing by a power of 10 is incorporated as a preview to understanding scientific notation.
Graphic
Cool Math

Coolmath: Percents How to Convert a Decimal to a Percent

For Students 9th - 10th
This CoolMath resource will help students convert decimals into percents.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Converting Percents to Decimals

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice expressing a percent like 12.3% as a decimal. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Change Decimals Into Percents and Fractions

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Convert decimals into fractions and percents.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Changing Fractions and Decimals to Percents Millionaire Game

For Students 4th - 6th
A millionaire game where students practice changing fractions to decimals and percents.