Examine food labels to determine percentage of fat and sugar to total calories with middle schoolers. Daily nutritional guidelines are discussed and learners will decide how well their foods fit into a healthy diet. In the provided...

If a 150 lb. person can comfortably eat and digest a 1 lb. burger, then how large would the person be who can comfortably eat and digest a 350 lb. burger? For a burger that size, it would take either a large person or a class of really...

Students build knowledge about the number relationships between decimals and percents as it relates to converting decimals into percents. In this decimal and percent activity, students recognize equivalent forms of fractions,...

In this financial word problems worksheet, students solve word problems involving decimals, interest, multiplication, and more. Students complete 7 problems.

Students use decimals, fractions, and percents to solve problems in a real world setting.

Students calculate baseball statistics. For 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.

Students convert metric units of length, specifically meters, centimeters, and millimeters. In this lesson of converting measurements, students participate in various games which require them to put the measurements in order or convert...

Students review the conversion of fractions to decimals, develop strategies to compare fractions perform complex calculations using ratio techniques similar to the construction of fractions.

Learners 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 plan, students use real life...

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.

Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929.  In this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the...

Middle schoolers find the cost of an outfit. For this percentages lesson, students look at ads, pick out an outfit, and find the sale price. They create a commercial and complete 4 included worksheets. 

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

Students examine and calculate the percentage of potable water remaining on the earth. In this ecology and geography activity, students brainstorm the main factors affecting water distribution. Students use mathematical problem solving...

Students collect data to create different types of graphs-line, pie, and bar graphs. They use StarOffice 6.0 to create graphs.

Students use a menu and recipes to work on adding, subtracting, and percentages. They are given they weekly circulators, advertisements, or actual products and students practice figuring out sales tax. Students figure slaes tax and tip...

In this geological time worksheet, student use a geologic time scale to understand the difference between eons, eras, and periods. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.

Students examine the definition of inflation and its impact through history. They read and discuss online text, discuss examples of inflation, calculate the prices of various items for different years using an inflation rate of 3%, and...

Tutorial provides a great introduction to percentages.

A large collection of teacher resources dealing with fractions, decimals, and percentages at many different levels. There are worksheets, PowerPoints, smartboard presentations, Word, and pdf files for the teacher's use.

On this interactive site students learn to express hundredths as fractions and decimals, place decimals in ascending order, and represent simple fractions and decimals as percents.

A large collection of links to interactive activities and games on the topic of decimals.

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...