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Chapter 2 and 3 Practice Worksheet - Formulas and Compounds
In this formulas and equations worksheet, chemistry apprentices write the chemical formulas given the names. They calculate percent composition, balance equations, and calculate the mass of a substance present in a fertilizer. This is a...
CK-12 Foundation
Understand and Create Histograms: Car Sales
Create a history of car sales. Pupils create a histogram/bar graph to show the number of car sales made during the week. Using the data display, learners calculate numerical summaries of the data and find the percent of cars sold during...
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Percents, Decimals, and Fractions
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders convert percentages to decimals and fractions. The one page interactive worksheet contains ten problems. Answers and a hint are provided.
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Decimal Baseball
Young mathematicians represent recorded information in decimal form. In this decimals lesson, learners play a "classroom friendly" basketball game in which pupils take 10 shots. Number of shots made out of 10 is recorded as a fraction...
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Computing Discounts
In this computing discounts worksheet, students with a partner problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations involving sales price, discounts, percents and decimals.
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The Discount is Right
Students visit various websites and calculate various prices of five items. They estimate the sale price of five items using the original price and discount rate, use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original price, and...
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Percent Mass, Moles, and Avogadro Worksheet
In this moles worksheet students complete a set of calculations to find how many atoms and moles are in different substances.
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Science Fair Space
Students determine the most equitable way to share space and cost between three schools for a fictional science fair. Given a diagram, a word problem, and a data set, students analyze and explain the best way for all schools to share...
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Percents and Discounts
Students convert between decimals and percents. In this algebra lesson, students define percent as it relates to sales and tax. They calculate the percents of number using multiplication.
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Using Percents to Calculate Tips
Students learn how to calculate 10% and 15% of a number to calculate tips. For this percents lesson plan, students watch a video and complete a handout on moving the decimal place and calculating tips.
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Percent Box
Students examine the procedures to determine a number when the percentage of the whole is known or to find the whole number when the part or percentage is known.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Skateboard Assembly - Cycle Time
Assemble a great lesson plan on assembly lines. In the first installment of a nine-part technology/engineering series, future entrepreneurs learn about the manufacturing process, specifically about the assembly line and cycle time. The...
Virginia Department of Education
Sales Tax and Tip
Don't forget to tip your server. Future consumers learn how to calculate sales taxes and tips. Pairs use actual restaurant menus to create an order and determine the total bill, including taxes and tips.
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Finding the Percent of a Number in Fish Body Weight
Students use fractions to find the weight of fish. They use percentages to determine the correct amount to feed them. They organize their data into a graph and shares with the class.
Illustrative Mathematics
Coupon Versus Discount
All too often stores give coupons for an item, but when you go into buy it, the item is on discount. The store won’t take the coupon if the discount is used. So what do you do, use the coupon or take the discount? This activity helps...
University of Wisconsin
Measuring Slope for Rain Gardens
The slope of the land is an important feature when considering the erosion that will occur. In this resource, which is part of a rain garden unit, learners calculate the slope of the proposed garden site. Even if you are not planning a...
National Wildlife Federation
Ghost Town
Around 93 percent of the reefs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef have been bleached, and almost one quarter of them are now dead. Scholars research the sea temperatures, especially around the areas with coral reefs, to make connections...
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Probability: Ratios and Percents
Students investigate ratios and percents. In this algebra instructional activity, students explore the probability of an event occurring. They convert between ratios and percents as they solve the odds.
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Getting Percentible
This unit explores the connections between percentages, decimals, and fractions. It focuses on strategies for solving problems involving percentages and applies these strategies to real life contexts.
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Relating Percents, Decimals, And Fractions
In this relating percents, decimals, and fractions worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to twelve word problems and mathematical equations.
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Calculating Tips
In this calculating tips learning exercise, students determine how much should be tipped on amounts spent at restaurants.
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Percent
In this math worksheet, students find the percentages of an actual value using the operation of multiplication for the ten problems.
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The Discount Is Right
Learners estimate and calculate the sale price of five items using the original price and a designated rate of discount. They use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original.
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Taking Measurements at Home
In this measurements worksheet, students find their weight, height, width and depth of their bodies at home using equipment around their homes. They use the proper number of significant figures to record their answers and they find the...