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Paper Toss Shootout

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Students explore the concept of percentages. In this math lesson, students throw paper at wastebaskets as if shooting a basketball in a hoop. Students shoot the paper a given amount of times and then calculate their shooting percentage. Students calculate individual and team shooting percentages.

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percents, statistics

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percentages, statistics, math
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6th - 9th
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Math
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