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Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students collect real data through listening, counting and timing jazz pieces.They use ratios, rates, and proportions to report collected data and demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.
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Ratios

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The lesson is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
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Proportions in Stories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems dealing with ratios and proportions. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems using equations and symbols. They correctly convert between percents and decimals.
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Mean Twisters - Mean Proportional

For Students 9th - 10th
In this mean proportional learning exercise, learners work in pairs to solve right triangle problems. They use ratios and proportions of similar triangles to determine a missing length. This two-page learning exercise contains 16...
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Solve Percent Problems Using Proportions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore proportions and ratios. In this solving percent problems lesson, students examine percent problems including tax and percent of change.
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Estimating Deer Population

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate the deer population using proportion. In this algebra lesson, students apply the concept of ratio and proportion to real life scenario.
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Paying for Crime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in activties examining ratios and proportions. They use graphs to interpret data showing the government's budget for prisons. They present what they have learned to the class.
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It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 6th
Students explore Greek Mythology. In this Greek Mythology unit, students read myths, pantomime vocabulary words, practice research skills, create city-states, and demonstrate knowledge of ratios and proportions. This unit includes many...
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Glencoe - Proportions and Similar Triangles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this proportions and similar triangles learning exercise, high schoolers solve 14 multiple choice problems. Students find unknown sides of similar triangles using proportions. High schoolers multiply means and extremes to solve...
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Monopoly Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students relate the concepts of linear functions to the game of monopoly. In this algebra lesson, students solve problems with ratio and proportion. They collect data and graph it.
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Flipping For Math

For Teachers 7th
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,...
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Fractions, Percents, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 7th
For this percents activity, learners complete 3 charts in which percents, decimals and fractions are converted. Students also solve 20 problems with the changing of percents to decimals or fractions.
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Exploring Slope

For Students 7th - 8th
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...
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Highway Link Design

For Teachers 6th - 9th
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...
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Largest Hamburger Ever?

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
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...
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Bowland

AstroZoo

For Teachers 6th - 9th
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.
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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...
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Math Mammoth

Problems with Ratios

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students compare four sets of ratios. They solve four proportions. Students use proportions and ratios to solve four word problems.
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Ratio of Similarity

For Students 10th
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...
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Quilting with Middle School Students: Using Proportionality to Develop Quilt Designs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Solving Proportions

For Students 9th
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...
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Rates and Ratios

For Students 7th - 9th
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.
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Rates and Ratios 3

For Students 7th - 9th
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.
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Rates And Unit Price

For Teachers 8th - 10th
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.

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