California Education Partners
Linflower Seeds
How does your garden grow? Use proportions to help Tim answer that question. By using their understanding of proportional relationships, pupils determine the number of seeds that will sprout. They create their own linear...
EngageNY
Comparing Quantities with Percent
Be 100 percent confident who has the most and by how much. Pupils use percentages to help make the comparisons by finding what percent one quantity is of the other. They also determine the percent differences between the two...
Noyce Foundation
Movin 'n Groovin
Examine the consequences of varying speed. An engaging set of five problem sets challenges young mathematicians by targeting a different grade level from K-12. In the initial lesson, scholars make conclusions about the time it...
Noyce Foundation
First Rate
Explore distance and time factors to build an understanding of rates. A comprehensive set of problems target learners of all grade levels. The initial problem provides distance and time values and asks for the winner of a race. Another...
EngageNY
Population Problems
Find the percent of the population that meets the criteria. The 17th segment of a 20-part unit presents problems that involve percents of a population. Pupils use tape diagrams to create equations to find the percents of subgroups...
EngageNY
Mixture Problems
What percent of the mixture is juice? Pairs use their knowledge of proportions to determine what percent a mixture is juice given the percent of juice in the components. Pupils use the procedure learned with the juice mixture problem to...
Tech Museum of Innovation
Hoop Glider Design Challenge
The fourth installment of a five-part unit has young engineers designing and testing hoop gliders. They adjust the ratio of the front loop and back loop of the glider to determine the best design for the longest flight.
Noyce Foundation
Photographs
Scaling needs to be picture perfect. Pupils use proportional reasoning to find the missing dimension of a photo. Class members determine the sizes of paper needed for two configurations of pictures in the short assessment task.
Noyce Foundation
Cereal
Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...
Noyce Foundation
Lawn Mowing
This is how long we mow the lawn together. The assessment requires the class to work with combining ratios and proportional reasoning. Pupils determine the unit rate of mowers and calculate the time required to mow a lawn if they work...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Classifying Proportion and Non-Proportion Situations
Proportions, proportions, everywhere. Class members complete an assessment task solving problems involving proportionality. They then complete an activity classifying given situations as proportional or non-proportional.
Mathematics Assessment Project
Comparing Strategies for Proportion Problems
Having problems with proportions? Then solve these proportion problems with an exercise that asks learners to first individually solve a set of problems involving ratios and proportional reasoning. Groups then discuss provided...
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Analyze Proportional Relationships and Use Them to Solve Real-World Problems
What proportion of learners will benefit from the lessons on proportional reasoning? Class members learn about proportional relationships, from unit rates to writing equations for proportional relationships. Then, they learn to use...
Curriculum Corner
7th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters
Translate the Common Core math standards into a series of achievable "I can" statements with this collection of classroom displays. Offering posters for each standard, this resource is a great way to support your seventh graders as...
Curriculum Corner
7th Grade Math Common Core Checklist
With so many math standards to fit into a school year, it can be difficult keeping track of what you have and have not covered. This collection of Common Core checklists allows you to maintain a running record of when each...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sore Throats, Variation 2
What does math have to do with a sore throat? When you mix water and salt you have a great review of how to represent proportional relationships by an equation or graph. Here the proportions of the mixtures may be different, but the...
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University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Truffles [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of ratios and proportions. Students must determine a generalized rule from an understanding of ratio and proportional reasoning in a given real-world context.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Solving Proportions 3
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are proportion applications and solving proportions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Solving Proportions 4
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on proportions. Hints and solutions are included.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Solving Proportions 5
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on proportions. Hints and solutions are included.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Solving Proportions 2
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are proportion applications and solving proportions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Interpreting and Applying Proportions
The randomly generated questions examine proportion word problems. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Solving Proportions 6
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on proportions. Hints and solutions are included.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Using Proportions 2
The online assessment reviews proportion applications. Students complete the multiple choice questions to test their proportion skills. Hints and solutions are included.