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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.
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Other

Quick Math: Numbers Percentages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This QuickMath activity changes percentages to decimals or fraction and vice versa. It also calculates a certain percent of a number or vice versa.
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Other

Treasury Direct: Money Math: Secret of Becoming a Millionaire [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lesson focuses on understanding fractions, decimals and percentages as the math skills, and saving money and compounding interest as the economic skills. [PDF]
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Fraction Four

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece after simplifying fractions, converting fractions to decimals and percentages, and answering algebra questions involving fractions. Choose...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fisher Boat: Multiplying Fractions

For Students 5th - 6th
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario on a fishing boat. Those skills include using everyday percentages as fractions and decimals, and multiplying simple fractions by whole numbers.
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BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Percent and Fractions: Ratio and Proportion

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Activities and factsheets exploring ratios and proportions in everyday life. Interactive, colorful, and fun.
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Microsoft

Microsoft Education Virtual Tour: Batter Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This downloadable (2.7 MB Microsoft PowerPoint file) project helps learners apply their knowledge of fractions and decimals to the game of baseball. They compute batting averages and hitting percentages and participate in a simulated...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Working Beyond Arithmetic: Fractions and Decimals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Review fraction concepts in this succinct but detailed overview. The lesson highlights decimals, fractions, percentages, estimation, and rounding concepts with related vocabulary. Use the Reciprocal Fraction or Rounding games to practice...
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Percentages

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A selection of teacher resources dealing with percentages. There are worksheets and PowerPoints available to download.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Percentages

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will compare percentages and convert them to fractions and decimals.
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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.
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Yale University

Solving Problems by the Hundreds

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.
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Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's in That Box of Cookies, Anyway?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: The Magic Number and the Hepta Tree

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use your calculator to help you solve this challenge at this one page website. You can check your solution with only one click of the mouse.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Fraction Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive game to learn fractions less than one, greater than or equal to 1, which are written as mixed numbers and their equivalent decimal and percentage forms
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Help Algebra

Help algebra.com: Percents

For Students 9th - 10th
Converting percents to and from decimals and fractions is demonstrated in detailed examples. Once the concept is understood, you can use it to solve equations that contain percents.
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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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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Converting Decimals to Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics tutorial examines how to convert decimals to fractions. Students learn about the concept through notes, examples, and practice problems.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Converting Percents to Decimals

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

Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Converting Fractions to Decimals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics tutorial examines how to convert fractions to decimals. Students learn about the concept through notes, examples, and practice problems.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Percentages

For Students 3rd - 8th
The learning activity investigates percentages. Topics examined are converting percents to decimals, converting percents to fractions, and the percentage difference. Links to additional resources and a percentage calculator are included.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Fractions Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Table shows incremental ordering of fractions with decimal and percentage equivalents.

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