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Activity
US Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment and Marriage Age - Testing a Correlation Coefficient's Significance

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Do women with college degrees get married later? Using a provided scatter plot of the percentage of women who earn bachelor's degrees and the median age at which women first get married over time, pupils conduct a linear regression...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

The Yo-Yo Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do yo-yos and pennies have to do with linear equations? Learn about writing and solving linear equations while considering the Yo-Yo Problem and Penny Pattern Exploration from the High School Math Project. Learners utilize algebra...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio, Rates and Percentages

For Students 8th
In this ratio, rates and percentages worksheet, 8th graders solve 22 various types of problems related to ratios, rates and percentages. They first write ratios in lowest terms and describe each of comparison stated. Students also solve...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percentage

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this finding the percent of whole numbers worksheet, students calculate the percent to problem solve. Students solve 10 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

6-8 Baseball Fun: Percentages, Decimals, and Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics on baseball cards. In this baseball math lesson, students use fractions and estimation to calculate statistics. Middle schoolers...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Discounted Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Adolescents love to shop, especially when an item is discounted. Here, shoppers only have a set amount of money to spend. Will they be able to make a purchase with the discount and tax added in? Percent discounts can be calculated...
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Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Pie or Circle Graphs—Step-by-Step Lesson

For Students 3rd Standards
How do you display data that you've collected in a pie chart? Follow a clear step-by-step guide to turning survey results into a visible format. It shows kids how to determine the percentage of the whole that each section represents.
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Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Favorite Pizza Pie Graph

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
You've heard of a pie graph, but what about a pizza pie graph? Challenge young mathematicians to answer ten questions based on a random survey of people's favorite pizzas. A pie graph displays the percentages of each type of pizza. Some...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Fluency with Percents

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils build confidence working with percents as they work several types of percent problems to increase their fluency. The resource contains two sets of problems specifically designed to build efficiency in finding solutions of basic...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Sharing Prize Money

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When three classrooms are to split up prize money, your mathematicians must find the percentage that each class deserves and calculate the total amount. There is an option to use a calculator and practice rounding. 
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Handout
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Interest and the Number “e”

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Make a connection between different types of interest and how they are calculated! This algebra II lesson progresses from simple interest to compound interest to continually compounded interest. Formulas are developed rather than given,...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Yogurt

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Daily production of dairy? Determine profit and production requirements for a yogurt company with unit conversions and percentages to solve problems.
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Worksheet
Central New Mexico Community College

Percent Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians' understanding of percents into the real world with this series of word problems. Involving a variety of contexts from calculating scores on math tests and savings account interest, to determining sale prices...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Comparing Years

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Who knew that the Egyptian, Julian, and Gregorian year were different lengths? Your mathematicians will! They will have to calculate the difference between the years in seconds and find the percent change. Using dimensional analysis,...
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Lesson Plan
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Illustrative Mathematics

Margie Buys Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rising Gas Prices – Compounding and Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Financial literacy skills and exponential models are connected by the compound interest formula in this task centered on inflation calculations. Collaborative learners get experience collecting data from the given websites and exploring...
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Worksheet
Raytheon

Percentages

For Students 5th - 8th
In this percentages instructional activity, students complete percentage word problems dealing with money, division, fractions, and more. Students complete 54 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Real Math

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems. As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Worksheet
Helping with Math

Percentages: Calculating Percent - 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Here is a worksheet on which math classes practice calculating the percentage of different numbers. Some of the percentages involve decimals, so this would not be an assignment for first-time percent calculators! You can print the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Percentage of Populations with Diabetes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate percentages. In this percentages lesson plan, students watch a video clip regarding diabetes. Students discover how to calculate daily carbohydrate allowances as well as the percentage of the population with diabetes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fractions and Percentages

For Students 6th
In this fraction and percentages worksheet, 6th graders complete a fraction maze, word problems, table and related questions, and calculate percentages and exchange rate questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basketball Calculating Percentage

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders calculate percentages, convert fractions to decimals, and decimals to fractions using information from a basketball game.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Percentage of a Number

For Students 4th - 7th
In this percentages practice worksheet, learners read an instructional section regarding percents and then solve 16 problems where they must find a given percent of a specific number. Students also solve 4 percent word problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stock Charting: Percentages and Profits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and use a formula to calculate "Percent of Change." They duscuss the stock market and ways reports are quantified. Students watch as the teacher demonstrates how to create a spread sheet to calculate changes of a...