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Going Up Or Coming Down

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students find the percent of increase or percent of decrease. Through a teacher demonstration, they examine the methods of calculating percentages. Students solve real life problems.
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Maps

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars figure out the mileage from one state to another using a map. In this map lesson, students look at the scale factor and turn it into a fraction. They measure the distance between two cities and use the proportion to find...
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What's Math Got To Do With It?

For Teachers 5th
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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A Blast From The Past

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate ratio and proportion as they solve problems. In this algebra lesson, students calculate the percent increase on salaries and convert between decimals and percents to calculate. They rate job positions from 1936...
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Daily Time Ratios

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students track and record how much time they spend on each activity. In this spreadsheet lesson, students apply different functions using Microsoft excel to format cells and calculate the sum of their total time spent each day. They...
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Not Everything is More Expensive

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore percent increases and decreases. They calculate the percent increase and decrease. Students use math to solve problems and communicate. They apply the given formula for percent increase/decrease.
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Finding Total Given Part and Percentage

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students observe models of fractional parts. After writing the definitions of percent, part and whole, students use the calculators and computers to solve problems. Individually, they complete assigned problems where the convert the...
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M&M's

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils use M&M candies to show fractions, percents, and ratios. Individually, they complete a worksheet using their candies and solving equations of greater than or less than. They review their answers and strategies used as a class.
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Average and Percentages - Week 2

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this average and percent worksheet, students solve percentage problems by using proportions. These story problems include sequences, percent of change and cost. This two-page worksheet contains seven problems.
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Ratio Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve for the different ratio and proportion of a problem. In this geometry lesson plan, students show their knowledge of how to solve proportional relationships. They convert between percent, decimals and fractions.
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Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

For Students 6th - 8th
In this fractions, decimals, and percentages worksheet, students compare and order given amounts. Students identify equivalent numbers. They calculate the percent of a given number and convert from a fraction to a percent and to a...
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Raytheon

Probability, Percent, and Proportion

For Students 6th - 8th
In this probability and predictions learning exercise, students read 1 page of facts, then solve 8 pages of problems related to probability, with answers keys included.
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Shots, Standings, and Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Rates and ratios can easily be applied to real-world situations. Learners explore a series of websites in order to procure comparable data. They define ratios and rates, view videos, and use the internet to explore how ratios and rates...
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One Size Fits All, Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Can you tell how tall someone is just by looking at their feet? In this activity, young mathematicians measure their height, arm span, and foot size, graph their findings, and answer questions about how these measurements are related....
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Proportions in Stories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems dealing with ratios and proportions. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems using equations and symbols. They correctly convert between percents and decimals.
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Three Bean Salads

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, student compare the recipes for three different salads. Using the concepts of percents and proportions the amount of beans is calculated.
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Find Percentages of Numbers - Guided Lesson

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice the skill of finding percentages of a number with this resource and explanation key. The worksheet also comes with a quick lesson and additional practice problems to provide a complete lesson for your learners. 
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Balanced Assessment

Who's Left?

For Students 6th - 8th
If you're not right-handed, are you wrong-handed? Young statisticians calculate the percentage of left-handed people using a given data set in the assessment task. They plot data on a scatter plot and consider how the line of best fit...
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The Lowdown — Exploring Changing Obesity Rates through Ratios and Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Math and medicine go hand-in-hand. After viewing several infographics on historical adult obesity rates, pupils consider how they have changed over time. They then use percentages to create a new graph and write a list of questions the...
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Using Ratios to Taste the Rainbow

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems using ratios and proportion. In this algebra lesson, students analyze skittles and their different colors as they apply the properties of ratios and proportions to solve their problems.
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Not Everything is More Expensive

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare prices and determine percent increases and decreases of items in order to make wise purchases. In this percent increases and decreases lesson plan, students calculate the amounts based on grocery store ads.
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Math Worksheets Land

Find Percentages of Numbers - Step-by-Step Lesson

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Finding a percentage of a number is a skill learners must know in order to be successful thinkers. The resource introduces this concept with a guided explanation and can be used with the additional materials as a complete lesson. 
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Percentages in Word Problems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after brainstorming all the places they see percentages in every day life (sales, basketball, grades, etc.), calculate percentages from bases and parts in word problems. They review their notes together on percentage...
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Enough Energy? Play the Renew-a-Bead Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Pairs simulate the energy usage of different countries by drawing beads from a bag, which contain different beginning ratios of non-renewable and renewable energy resources. The activity concludes with a series of questions to tie the...

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