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Interactive Learning Sites for Education: Decimals
A large collection of links to interactive activities and games on the topic of decimals.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Collaborative Projects: Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?
How much water do you use everyday? Find out in this engaging investigation, where you compare your water usage with your classmates and other people around the world. An exploration filled with lots of math and science that students are...
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.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Percents
The practice problems examine percent and decimal forms. Word problems that investigate percentages are also included.
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University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Ratios, Rate, & Percent [Pdf]
The mathematics resource explores number sense and numeration. Learners examine ratios, rates, and percentages.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Counting Activity With Percents
The learning activity explores percents. Students calculate percents using a table and answer questions on the math concept.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Living With Diabetes
A patient discusses diabetes and how he manages his carbohydrate intake in this video segment from TV 411.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Percents
The tutorial explores percents. Definitions and examples with detailed solutions are included in the learning resource.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Discounts
A comprehensive guide for learning all about discounts with definitions, how to calculate a discount, solved examples, and practice questions.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What's a Fraction
Use this interactive lesson to learn about fractions. You will find equivalent fractions, compare fractions, and more. Immediate feedback is given to your answers. Links to related videos.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Does Drinking Soda Affect Your Health?
Try this "Real world," challenge taken directly from the today's health journals. Use your problem solving, data analysis, and number sense skills to figure out if soda intake among teenage girls is related to incidences of broken bones....
Purple Math
Purplemath: Basic "Percent Of" Word Problems
Demonstrates how to set up and solve 'percent of' word problems such as 'What percent of 16 is 5?'.
Other
Tema De Descuento: Metodo De Proporcion
In Spanish. Percent and proportion problems and explanations. Examples are based in the context of discounts. Offers four word problems for students to practice. Solutions are available.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Latitude
For this task, students are presented with data about latitude and the percentage of the Earth's surface north of each latitude line. They are to use this data to sketch a graph, analyze it, and build an understanding of an invertible...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Ced, a Rei Basketball
In this task, two brothers track how many games they have each won. Students are asked to make calculations based on the percentage of games won. They set up a rational equation (and a rational inequality) in one variable, and then solve...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Indoor/outdoor Residential Water Use in California
Compare data about indoor and outdoor residential water use in northern and southern sites in this infographic from KQED and the California Single Family Water Use Efficiency Study. The accompanying classroom activity helps students find...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: What You Need to Know About Immigration Reform
Interpret graphs showing changes over time in the percentage of foreign-born US residents and in annual deportations in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and look at how...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Forecasting Economics
Can you learn economics from the weather? Students will be able to integrate science, math, and economics through this engaging instructional activity. The forecast predicts some percentage chance of success.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Determining Percent of Seed Germination
In this project, students will conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of seed that will germinate in a given time frame. Students will produce charts and graphs to represent the results algebraically. Mathematics and...