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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discount, Tax, and Tip Word Problems

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice solving word problems involving price discounts, taxes, and tip calculations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Percentages

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will compare percentages and convert them to fractions and decimals.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Need for Speed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After viewing an introductory illustrated podcast on speed, distance, time, and velocity, learners explore distance-time graphs using interactive websites. Working in cooperative learning groups, students will investigate the motion of...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Act

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play the Balance Challenge game to see how various objects can be used to make a plank such as a teeter totter balance and how changing the position of an object will affect the motion and tilt of the plank.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Review of Rates and Unit Rates

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this lesson the students will be reviewing for their assessment on rates and unit rates using a fun game.
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Google

Google for Education: Percent Change

For Students 6th - 8th
Students analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems. Here, look for patterns to understand and solve percent change problems.
Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Penguin Waiter (Calculating Percents Game)

For Students 5th - 8th
Players must calculate the correct tip to leave their penguin waiter based on a percentage of the cost of their meals.
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PBS

Pbs: Scale City: Scale Models in the Real World

For Students 6th - 8th
This video explores scale models, including 1:12 dollhouse models, 1:24 railroad models, and 1:192 architectural models. It explains what the different ratios represent and asks students to consider how they can use measurement and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Converting Square Units

For Teachers 6th Standards
For this task, 6th graders must inches to feet in order to find the area of a rectangular board and explain the error in the calculations made by the board owner. Aligns with 6.RP.A.3.
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Other

Helping With math.com: Ratios and Unit Rates

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This site contains a lesson about ratios and unit rates as well as guided and independent practice for learners to review the skills.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Percent Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice solving word problems involving percents. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ratio Tables

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice filling out tables of equivalent ratios. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ratio Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice solving ratio word problems like, "If Ben reads 10 pages in 15 minutes, how long does it take him to read 40 pages?" Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp Jim and Jesse's Money

For Teachers 6th
In this real-world context, 6th graders are given the ratio of Jim's money to Jesse's and the amounts they have spent so far on a road trip, and they must calculate what each person had at the start of the trip. Aligns with 6.RP.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Painting a Barn

For Teachers 6th Standards
This task asks students to determine the area of the exterior walls of a barn and to calculate how many gallons of paint would be needed to cover them, as well as the cost of the paint. Aligns with 6.G.A and 6.RP.A.3.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Identification and Writing of Equivalent Rates Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert ratios to rates and then compare the rates.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #31 Activity: Static Charged 2x4s

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A simple activity that investigates the basic principles behind static electricity. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.