Percent Box

Elementary and middle schoolers participate in an assignment to explore the concept of division and having a remainder. They also practice division problems using decimals and fractions without a remainder.

For this fraction activity, students find the whole when a portion is known. They apply the information to complete 4 problems. They use percentages of a whole in order to determine the value of the whole in 9 problems and finally, apply...

He draws, problem solves, and uses proportions to show how to determine how to find a whole from a percent. Good problem solving strategies are at work in this video on percent. This is a good video for learners with a basic...

Concept demonstration video [3:52] explains how to find the whole from a part and percent using three methods.

What are compatible numbers? What are they used for? Is it like estimating? Is it like rounding numbers? The teacher will answer these questions and explain how to use compatible numbers.

The teacher shows how to break down this problem by first identifying all the terms. After changing the percent to a decimal, she shows how to set up the equation using the terms. Lastly, she solves the equation using the division...

Percentages, parts, whole, how do these pieces fit together to solve a percent problem? Follow along as the instructor shows how to set this up as a proportion problem in order to solve it.

Percent of a number? Learn how to set this problem up as a proportion to solve. It's not as hard as you think.

Watch the instructor change a percent into a decimal and multiply it by the original number to determine the percent. One idea would be to embed this video in a PowerPoint presentation, or assign it as homework with your flipped...

What number is 40% of 30? Learn the formula and be able to figure out all of the percent problems. The instructor demonstrates the basic formula. Then she shows how and where to plug in the numbers according to what the problem is asking...