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Problem Solving When the Percent Changes Lesson PlanProblem Solving When the Percent Changes Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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Grade
7th
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Math
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Duration
45 mins
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Year
2015
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Problem Solving When the Percent Changes

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Use more than one whole to solve percent problems. The ninth installment in a 20-part series has pupils work percent problems in which they must determine two wholes. Individuals use double number lines to represent and solve the situations to demonstrate their fluency with the concept.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

percents, percent problems, number lines

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Encourage classmates to identify the whole or wholes required in the problem

Classroom Considerations

  • Solving some of the problems using equations requires variables on both sides of the equation
  • The class should know how to solve basic percent problems

Pros

  • Contains instructional strategies in the scaffolding suggestions
  • The answer key shows the double number lines used to find the solution

Cons

  • None

Common Core

7.RP.A.3 MP1 MP4

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