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Illustrative Mathematics

Finding a 10% increase

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A quick problem to test your mathematicians' knowledge on percent increase. Two different solutions are provided, mental math and computing. Ask your learners to include a description of what they did to supplement their answer.
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Business Management and Administration: Compound Interest - A Millionaire's Best Friend

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Many math concepts are covered through this resource: percentages, decimals, ratios, exponential functions, graphing, rounding, order of operations, estimation, and solving equations. Colorful worksheets and a link to a Google search for...
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Discovery Education

Understanding Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars investigate probability. They will define probability as the likelihood of an event occurring. Then, they determine the probability of sitting in a particular seat on a plane. They also set up ratios of various seating...
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NTTI

If You Hopped Like a Frog

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get your frogs hopping by introducing them to the concepts of ratio and proportion. As a class, they perform arithmetic operations using ratios then discover how they represent quantitative relationships. In groups, they write their own...
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Curated OER

The Golden Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars view the video, "Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land," and discuss examples in nature which have proportions of the golden ratio. They measure and record different body lengths from a worksheet and convert the ratios to equivalent...
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Curated OER

Smaller Than One

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine how to convert fractions into decimals and percents. They work with base ten blocks and a worksheet to color in parts of 100 and renaming the parts as decimals and fractions.
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Virginia Department of Education

Formulas and Percent Compositions of Ionic Compounds

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Try not to blind anyone with science by following the safety rules. The lesson encourages scholars to form an ionic compound from magnesium and chlorine. Then they determine the empirical formula and determine the mole ratio and percent...
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Virginia Department of Education

Finding the Formula and Percent Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you have mole problems? If so, call Avogadro at 602-2140. The lesson starts with pupils working independently to solve for molar mass of ionic compounds. Then they learn to solve for percent composition and later perform an...
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Curated OER

Our Solar System - Comparing Planetary Travel Distances

For Teachers 7th - 8th
NASA presents a mini-unit on distances in our solar system. It incorporates scientific concepts of gravity, mass, density, and payload while your aspiring astronauts also employ mathematics skills. They calculate speed, they determine...
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Curated OER

Daily Time Ratios

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students 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

Percents to Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice converting percentages to decimals. Through guided practice, they work to solve problems involving converting fractions to decimals. Working in pairs, 7th graders compete to be the first to solve the problem...
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Curated OER

Using Ratios to Taste the Rainbow

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners solve problems using ratios and proportion. In this algebra lesson, students analyze skittles and their different colors as they apply the properties of ratios and proportions to solve their problems.
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Curated OER

Comparing Ratios

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students solve problems using ratio and proportion. In this math comparison lesson plan, students identify methods used to solve and compare ratio and proportion in the real world. They apply criss cross multiplying to solve their problems.
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EngageNY

Population Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
Find the percent of the population that meets the criteria. The 17th segment of a 20-part unit presents problems that involve percents of a population. Pupils use tape diagrams to create equations to find the percents of subgroups of the...
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EngageNY

Counting Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
Solving these percent problems is a matter of counting. Pupils find percents by counting the number of events that meet the criteria and the total number of possibilities. Participants create the ratio and convert it to a percent to...
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Curated OER

Ratios and Percents

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice finding percentages, converting them, and analyze percentage statistics and facts about rice. In this ratios and percentages lesson, 6th graders read information about percentages related to rice. Students complete...
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Curated OER

Relating Percents, Decimals, And Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this relating percents, decimals, and fractions worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to twelve word problems and mathematical equations.
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Curated OER

Ratios, Proportions, and Percents - Week 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this ratio, proportion and percent worksheet, students 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

Percents

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore the concept of percents. In this percents lesson, students discuss the prefix cent and words that contain that prefix. Learners make bead necklaces and determine the percentages of certain beads in relation to the necklace.
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Ratios, Proportions, and Percents

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

All About Ratios

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the use of multiplication and division of whole numbers to solve problems including equivalent ratios and rates.
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Curated OER

Percents Less Than One and Greater Than 100

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders express numbers as percents greater than 100 and less than one. In this lesson on percents, 6th graders work in groups with real life scenarios to develop an understanding on percentages greater than 100 and less than one....
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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 instructional activity, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.

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