University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Put Out the Flags
Sharpen your logic and percent skills while working on this challenge. A strategy for solving the problem and the solution are available from links on the left.
Other
Augusta Technical College: Solving Percent Problems [Pdf]
Study sheet explains how to solve three different percent problems including finding the part, the percent, and the whole.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Percents
The practice problems examine percent and decimal forms. Word problems that investigate percentages are also included.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
Ratio, Rates, and Percentages: Grade 8 [Pdf]
Students learn about ratios, rates, and percentages. The resource consists of a percentage game and practice problems in pdf format.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Basic "Percent Of" Word Problems
Demonstrates how to set up and solve 'percent of' word problems such as 'What percent of 16 is 5?'.
BBC
Bbc: Percentages
You can pick up some valuable percentage pointers on how to work with them. When you finish working your way through the pages, you can take an on-line "Test Bite" and check your understanding.
Other
Quick Math: Numbers Percentages
This QuickMath activity changes percentages to decimals or fraction and vice versa. It also calculates a certain percent of a number or vice versa.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Solving Percent Problems (Day 2)
Solving percents using real world scenarios.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit Test
What have students learned during this unit? What gaps do students have in their understanding? Students take the Unit 2 test.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit Closure
What's the best deal? How do you represent equivalent amounts? Students work on these questions as they wrap up Unit 2.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Budgets
What is a budget? How do we use it and why is it important? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit Review Stations
Sixth graders review for the Unit 2 test by completing stations.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Decimal Operations and Equivalency Pretest
Sixth graders show what they know about decimal operations and equivalency between fractions, decimals, and percents.
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: How to Calculate Percentages
Learn how to calculate percentages in this easy lesson.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Percents What Is a Percent?
This CoolMath resource will help students understand the concept percents.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Ratios and Unit Rates
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with ratios and unit rates.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Give Me 100%.
Understand the connection between ratio, percents, and fractions.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby: Proporion Method to Solve Percent Problems
Examples are solved to demonstrate using proportions to solve percent problems. Exercises are provided that allow you to check your answers.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Determining Percentage
An example explains how to find the percent of a number. Students then check for comprehension by completing practice problems.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Finding the Percent of a Number
A step-by-step explanation demonstrates how to find the percent of a number. Students then check for comprehension by completing practice problems.
The Math League
The Math League: Percent and Probability: What Is a Percent?
This site defines a percent, explains it as a fraction and decimal, and shows how to estimate a percentage.
Other
Ged Middle School Mathematics Practice Problems: Finding the Percent of Change
Eight questions to practice calculating percent decrease or increase. Both math problems and word problems included.
Amby Duncan-Carr
Amby's Math Instruction: Using the Proportion Method to Solve Percent Problems
Learn to use the Proportion Method to calculate percentage problems, then practice your skill at the bottom of the page. Extra practice is provided for solving problems with percents. The site allows you to check your answer after...