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EngageNY

Relating Scale Drawings to Ratios and Rates

For Teachers 7th Standards
Enlargements and reductions are all about scale. The lesson introduces scale drawing to the class. Pupils determine whether the drawing is a reduction or an enlargement, and the constant of proportionality between the original and the...
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Curated OER

Applying Proportionality in Scale Drawings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine a blue print and discuss the reasoning behind using blue prints. In this proportionality lesson plan,  students collaborate with their teammates to create a scale drawing. Once that is complete, 6th graders...
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Curated OER

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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Florida Center for Instructional Technology

Integrating Mathematics into Literature

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
You class will read Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh Krudwig as an anticipatory set for this lesson on ratios. They make models of the insects in the story and then use them as a source of data for this ratio and proportion lesson. This...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 2: In/Out Table of Returns of Corn Yields

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this function worksheet, learners determine the gross price earned per acre of crops planted. They recognize ratios and proportions as they determine the yield of each crop.
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Curated OER

Ratios, Proportions, and Percents - Week 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this ratio, proportion and percent worksheet, learners solve problems involving ratios and proportions. They identify the percent of increase and decrease, solve ratio problems with proportions, and find sale prices. This two-page...
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Curated OER

Balancing the Scales: Understanding Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of ratios. In groups, they convert sets of numbers into a ratio. After practicing, they use the ratios and proportions to solve story problems. They also calculate map distances and...
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Curated OER

Daily Time Ratios

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners track and record how much time they spend on each activity. In this spreadsheet lesson, students apply different functions using Microsoft excel to format cells and calculate the sum of their total time spent each day. They...
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Curated OER

Relative Ratios

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover that proportions are made up of equal ratios each containing the same building blocks. They, using the Internet, apply their knowledge of direct relationships and proportions to problems in planetary science.
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Curated OER

Proportionality, Ratios and Constant Variation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use Scion Image to estimate the proportion of space images. In this proportion lesson, students investigate the online site of Image of the Orbitor and relate the dimensions and sizes to known sizes.
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Curated OER

Quilting with Middle School Students: Using Proportionality to Develop Quilt Designs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use quilt patterns to illustrate ratios. In this fractions lesson, students color quilt patterns using given fractions and ratios of colors. A finished "quilt" is assembled from the work of the learners. This is an...
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Curated OER

Ratios, Proportions and Percents

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete 3 activities centered around percents. In this ratios, proportions and percents lesson, 5th graders create designs on grid paper that illustrate a variety of percents, solve percent problems mentally, and use...
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Curated OER

Solving Problems and Proportions

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this proportion worksheet, students read story problems, identify the ratios, set them equal to each other, and solve the proportion. There are 11 story problems in this two-page worksheet.
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Curated OER

Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform mathematical operations to create proportional measurements, after listening to the David Schwartz book, If You Hopped Like a Frog.
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Curated OER

Ratio Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve for the different ratio and proportion of a problem. In this geometry lesson plan, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.
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Curated OER

Ratio, Percent, & Proportions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of percents, ratios, and proportions. In this percents, ratios, and proportion lesson, 7th graders have 237 ounces of beads to weigh. Students work in groups to weigh the beads in a way so that each...
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Curated OER

Ratios, Proportions, and Percents

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use ratios and proportions to solve real-life problems.  For this using ratios and proportions to solve real-life problems lesson, 8th graders estimate the cost of a road trip.  Students estimate the distance...
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EngageNY

Dividing Segments Proportionately

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fractions, ratios, and proportions: what do they have to do with segments? Scholars discover the midpoint formula through coordinate geometry. Next, they expand on the formula to apply it to dividing the segment into different...
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Curated OER

Ratios and Proportions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars solve problems involving percents and ratios. In this algebra lesson, students convert decimals to percents and percents to decimals. They solve problems involving algebraic expressions and four different kinds of percent...
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Curated OER

"How Divine Is My Proportion?"

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the concept of the divine proportion/golden ratio. In this Fibonacci Sequence exploratory lesson, 8th graders measure the length and width of various objects to see which items have a divine proportion. Students...
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Curated OER

Proportions a/b=c/d

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate distance and proportion of objects. In this algebra lesson plan, students define proportion and how it is used in math. They solve the problem through guided instruction.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Robot Races

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Analyze data on a graph to answer three questions after a robot race. Learners practice comparing ratios and reading points on a graph. Answers may vary on the last question based on accuracy of graphing. Use the lesson along with...
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Curated OER

What percent of ratio is proportion?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the concepts of ratio and proportion.They solve examples with the teacher for ratios and proportions. A basic fraction review is used for a warm up in this lesson. The primary focus of the lesson appears to be...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Linear Graphs Using Proportions and Rates

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using a TI-73 or other similar graphing calculator middle school math majors investigate the linear relationship of equivalent proportions. After a brief introduction by the teacher, class members participate in a timed pair share...

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