Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding a Percent of a Number

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this percent worksheet, students find the percent of a number using multiplication. This one-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the same page.
Worksheet
Common Core Sheets

Finding Percent of a Decimal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Math sleuths find ways to solve problems to the nearest hundredth. These worksheets enable them find the percent of a decimal and is great for practice/reinforcement of this skill. 
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Percent of a Quantity

For Teachers 6th Standards
Visualize methods of finding percents. Classmates find a percent of a quantity using two methods including a visual model in the 26th lesson in a series of 29. By the end of the lesson, scholars find percents given a part and the whole...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Percent of a Number

For Teachers 6th
In this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders find the percents of various numbers. They set up the problem, estimate, and write their response. Students also compare their answers to their estimates for each problem.
Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Percent of a Number - Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Take the work out of worksheets and give your learners practice with finding percents of numbers in the 100s. This resource has five versions of the same topic to provide different questions to meet your needs. 
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Part of a Whole as a Percent

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils use visual models, numeric methods, and equations to solve percent problems. To complete the second installment of 20, they find the part given the percent and the whole, find the percent given the part and the whole, and find the...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

The Price of Bread

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
As part of an initiative to strengthen our young adults' financial understanding, this problem explores the cost of bread and minimum wage since the 1930s. Learners are asked to find the percent increase from each year and compare it...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't discount how much your pupils understand percents! The 27th lesson in a series of 29 presents a problem to find the cost of a discounted outfit. Small groups determine either the original price or the discount received given the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mental Math: Percent of a Number

For Students 4th - 5th
In this percent of a number worksheet, students solve a series of 6 word problems. Students are given "hints" to help solve problems 1 and 2.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Fill in the blanks to find the best discount! Groups complete a table of amounts and percents associated with sale items. Classmates then find the original cost, sale cost, discount amount, paid percent, or the discount percent...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Dana's House

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Your class is to find the percent of the lot that is not covered by a house. Make sure your pupils understand the problems before they begin. The lot is the whole of the percent problem and the house is the part. The exercise is good...
Interactive
Curated OER

What Percent of a Number is a Number?

For Students 6th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students answer the question to what percent of a given number is a given number by setting up a percent proportion. There are 10 questions.
Assessment
Achieve

Spread of Disease

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Viruses can spread like wildfire, and mathematics can model the speed of infection. Given a function, scholars analyze it to describe the spread of a disease within a stadium. Learners find the initial number infected and the maximum...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent of a Number

For Students 7th - 8th
In this percent of a number worksheet, students solve percentage problems. They find the percent of a number, or identify a missing number when given the percent. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Finding One Hundred Percent Given Another Percent

For Teachers 7th Standards
Class members solve problems to find the whole when given a percent. They  use double line numbers and factors of hundred to help break the 100 percent into equal segments. 
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Percent Increase and Decrease

For Teachers 7th Standards
Increase the percent of pupils that are fluent in solving change problems with an activity that asks class members to look at problems that involve either increases or decreases and to express the change in terms of the percent of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent Yield

For Students 9th - 12th
In this percent yield worksheet, high schoolers solve 4 problems. They find the percent yield given the chemical reaction, the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products. Given the percent yield students find the liters of a...
Worksheet
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Common Core Sheets

Finding Percents

For Students 6th Standards
What is 75% of 200? The answer is 150. These are the types of questions students are prompted to solve, in a learning exercise that reinforces finding percents of a number.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent of Change, Discounted Price, and Total Price

For Students 7th - 9th
In this percent of change instructional activity, learners find the percent of increase and the percent of decrease.  They compute sales tax and determine the final price.  Students also figure the discounted price of...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Overlapping Squares

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The objective of this activity is to find the percent of the area of a two squares overlapping. Mathematicians find the ratio of area for the part that overlaps to the rectangle formed. The final answer is a percent as a rate per 100....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percent of a Number

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this percent worksheet, students complete problems such as changing percents to decimals, filling in percentage charts, and more. Students complete 8 problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Percent Word Problems

For Students 7th - 9th
In this word problem instructional activity, students find the percent of a number.  This two-page instructional activity contains 18 problems.  Answers are provided on the last page.
Activity
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,...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Swimming Pool

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Swimming is more fun with quantities. The short assessment task encompasses finding the volume of a trapezoidal prism using an understanding of quantities. Individuals make a connection to the rate of which the pool is filled with a...