Students identify ratios to compare quantities and understand proportions. In this math lesson plan, students work in groups and use facts from the Holocaust to calculate ratios and percentages.

Students investigate the currency exchange rate.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, student use proportions to exchange between the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Students come up with a product they would like to buy and...

Young scholars engage in a lesson that is involved with ratios. They use the jigsaw in order to actively take part in the lesson. Students play the game with the ratio puzzle pieces. The puzzle is completed while using the follow up...

In this exploring slope worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different problems. First, they compare an object's weight on Earth to an object's weight on another planet using the information given. Then, students compare this...

Discover a renewed appreciation for the highway transportation department. with a lesson that has scholars design a highway route that meets certain conditions, including traffic flow, curves, speed limits, financial costs, and...

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...

Rescue animals in the zoo by applying math concepts. Groups of learners solve three missions involving oxygen, food, and climate control. Each group selects an animal from one of four bio-domes.

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...

In this math worksheet, students mix four "cocktails" of orange juice and lemonade in the different rations specified. Students rate the drinks and determine their favorite combination. Students answer 10 questions about the ratios in...

In this math worksheet, students compare four sets of ratios. They solve four proportions. Students use proportions and ratios to solve four word problems.

In this ratio of similarity worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 20 different problems that include defining the ratio of similarity in various figures. First, they determine the ratio of similarity for large and small pairs of...

Students use quilt patterns to illustrate ratios. In this fractions lesson plan, students color quilt patterns using given fractions and ratios of colors. A finished "quilt" is assembled from the work of the students. This is an...

In this solving proportions worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 16 different equations that include using proportions. First, they define a proportion and begin by eliminating the fractions in each. Then, students multiply both...

In this rates and ratio worksheet, students determine the ratio for a given situation. They use proportions to solve problems. This two-page worksheet contains 4 multi-step problems. Answers are provided on the last page.

For this rates and ratios worksheet, students write proportions to match the given problem. They determine unit rates for a given situation. This two-page worksheet contains 4 problems. Answers are provided on the last page.

In this rates and unit price worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations dealing with ratios, proportion and missing values.

In this proportional reasoning worksheet, students use proportions to solve discount and sale problems. This two-page worksheet contains 4 multi-step problems.

Middle schoolers perform mathematical operations to create proportional measurements, after listening to the David Schwartz book, If You Hopped Like a Frog.

In this similar figures worksheet, students use proportions to solve 6 short answer and multiple choice questions.  Students use proportions to answer questions about map scales and height of trees given shadow lengths.

For this geometry worksheet, students use the properties of similar polygons to find the indicated missing length or the scale factor. The two page worksheet contains twenty-two questions. Answers are included.

In this angular size and similar triangles worksheet, students use the properties of similar triangles and the ratios of sides to solve for unknowns in given diagrams.

Seventh graders create a video of different formats to deliver a presentation of a math concept such as square roots, decimals, fractions, and more. In this math presentation lesson plan, 7th graders can plan a rap video, story,...

Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...

Young scholars identify similar triangles.  In this proportional segments lesson, students identify corresponding sides, set up ratios, and find the length of the missing side of a triangle.  They use the...