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Illustrative Mathematics
Dana's House
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...
District 158
Plan an Adventure
For kids, taking a vacation is all fun and games, but after completing this pre-algebra project, they'll have a whole new appreciation for the planning that makes these trips possible. Given a budget of $5,000 to spend on purchasing the...
Grid Games Galore
Math Games Students Like to Play
These may not all be your cup of tea, but you'll likely find some gold in this math games packet. Find brief, easy-to-execute games (like Integer Football) and that are perfect for review or even a substitute teacher plan.
Illustrative Mathematics
Gotham City Taxis
Taxi! Have your travelers figure out how far they can go in a taxi for $10.00. They must account for the mileage rate and tip in their calculation. They can set up a table or make an equation to solve for the exact mileage they can...
Curated OER
Summer Intern
Your young apprentices build a function describing the percent concentration of salt in a brine. The rational function is then related to the parent function, y= 1/x, and graphed. Finally, the apprentices predict the amount of fresh...
Smarter Balanced
Food Waste and Food Access
Forty percent of food in the US goes uneaten while 14.5 percent of US households lack a secure supply of food. As part of the preparation for a performance task assessment, groups consider statistics such as these about food waste and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Runners' World
Learners must investigate the validity of a claim made in a running magazine. They must identify and look up unprovided information, make appropriate estimations, and be able to convert units. Might be best used as a group or whole-class...
Curated OER
Basketball
Tap into the competitive nature of teenagers as your class practices setting up and solving rational equations. This activity starts with a specific ratio of games won to games played, then asks how many more games must be played to...
The New York Times
Making Do: Learning and Growing Through Adversity
What is it that makes people keep going when they face challenges in life? Ask your class to consider this question in relation to their own experiences and as they read material from The New York Times. Using personal experiences...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Percentage?
Use this site to learn about percents, and how they relate to decimals and fractions with this interactive online lesson. You will learn about percents, convert percents into fractions and decimals, and find equal parts of a whole.
CK-12 Foundation
Braingenie: Whole Number Percentage Calculations Without Units
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this activity, students are to determine the percent of a number. Watch a video for additional help and answer a practice problem.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Finding the Percent of a Number
This lesson explains how to find the percent of a whole number. Gives practice and games to practice this skill.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Put Out the Flags
Sharpen your logic and percent skills while working on this challenge. A strategy for solving the problem and the solution are available from links on the left.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Percentage
Practice finding the percent of a number by using a money simulation and dragging dollars from one box to the next to represent a percent of the whole.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Grandparents and Special Friends Day
This lesson was designed for our Grandparents and Special Friends day. It can be used for any visitation day, or an open house. The lesson is designed to review percent of a whole and the sector of the circle representing the percentage....
Hopelink
Hopelink: Teaching Percentages
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Numbers
At this lesson, practice adding single digit numbers with this online game. The game keeps a running total of your correct and incorrect answers, and a percent score of the answers you have correct.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding With a Calculator
Use this online calculator game to practice using a calculator. The game keeps track of your correct and incorrect answers. It also shows you a percent score of your correct answers as you play.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Nine Math (Page 1)
Review a variety of number sense skills using this interactive worksheet. Concepts include greatest common factor, lowest common multiple, rounding to the nearest thousandth, and determining percent. Answers can be checked immediately...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Adding Using Words
At this lesson, try these addition problems that use words instead of numbers. The game keeps a running total of correct and incorrect answers, as well as a percent score of your correct answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Addition Facts: Adding 0, 1, 2
Practice adding 0, 1, and 2 with other numbers. This game helps you sharpen your addition facts. It keeps a running total of incorrect and correct answers, as well as a percent score of your correct answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Addition Facts Adding 3 and 4
Practice your 3 and 4 addition facts using this online game from AAAMath.com. Running totals of correct and incorrect answers, as well as a percent score of your correct answers are shown to you while you play.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Addition Facts: Adding 5 and 6
Practice your 5 and 6 addition facts using this online game. Running totals of your correct and incorrect answers, as well as a percent score of your correct answers are given.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Addition Facts: Adding 7 and 8
Addition of 7 and 8 can be practiced with this online game. A percent score of your correct answers, as well as running totals of your correct and incorrect answers are given as you play.