Increase the percent of pupils that are fluent in solving change problems with an activity that asks class members to look at problems that involve either increases or decreases and to express the change in terms of the percent of the original amount. Learners then move on to find the original amount when given the percent change.

Concepts

percent decrease, percent increase, percent change, percent problems, percents, converting decimals to percents, converting percents to decimals, algebraic equations

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use manipulatives to help those that struggle to see the increase or decrease
• Have classmates work the problem in more than one way to verify the solution

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should be able to solve simple percentage problems
• Fourth installment in a series of 20

Pros

• Contains scaffolding suggestions
• The answers show the work used to arrive at the answer

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.RP.A.3 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP7