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EngageNY

Percent and Rates per 100

For Teachers 6th Standards
What percentage of your class understands percents? Pupils learn the meaning of percents based upon rates per 100 in the 24th lesson in a series of 29. They represent percents as fractions, decimals, ratios, and models. The scholars...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Sand Under the Swing Set

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Help the local elementary school fix their playground by calculating the amount of sand needed near the swing set. The problem practices setting up proportions and ratios with three different options for solving. You can chose the option...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Voting for Three, Variation 3

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Get your learners to think outside the box. Students require a good understanding of ratios and their relationship to fractions to complete the problem. The only quantities given in the problem are the ratio of the number of votes for...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Jim and Jesse's Money

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Jim and Jesse started their road trip with the same amount of money. Your class must find the amount of money each one had given, the amount of money spent, and the ratio of money at the end. This is a comprehensive problem that...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Track Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
And they're off! While two runners are at track practice, your mathematicians' job is to find out who leaves the other in the dust. The activity provides a variety of data that can be computed into unit rates for comparisons. Available...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Voting for Three, Variation 1

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This is an opportunity for young mathematicians to apply reasoning to solve real-world problems with ratios. Even though there are three candidates for class president, students will only consider two at a time, making the first problem...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Overlapping Squares

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The objective of this activity is to find the percent of the area of a two squares overlapping. Mathematicians find the ratio of area for the part that overlaps to the rectangle formed. The final answer is a percent as a rate per 100....
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Curriculum Corner

Unit Rate Problem Solving

For Students 6th Standards
Eight word problems and a well organized answer sheet make up a practice page designed to reinforce unit rates. 
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EngageNY

Comparison Shopping—Unit Price and Related Measurement Conversions II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Which rate is greater and by how much? Pupils continue to compare rates to solve problems in the 20th portion of a 29-part series. Rates are presented in a variety of representations either using the same representation or different...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio, Rates and Percentages

For Students 8th
In this ratio, rates and percentages activity, 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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios, Rates and Percentages

For Students 6th
In this ratios, rates and percentages learning exercise, 6th graders solve 16 different types of problems that include writing each ratio as a decimal and a fraction in lowest terms as a percent. They also arrange numbers in ascending...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ratio and proportion learning exercise, learners solve 22 short answer and multiple choice problems.  Students use rates, proportions, and ratios to solve each problem.
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Curated OER

Rates And Unit Price

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this rates and unit price worksheet, students problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations dealing with ratios, proportion and missing values.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio and Proportion

For Students 9th - 11th
In this ratio and proportion worksheet, students read problems and solve proportion problems. They determine the best buy and identify the ratio of different sized polygons. This four-page worksheet contains 7 multi-step problems....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic Skills: Unit Rates

For Students 7th - 9th
In this unit rates worksheet, students determine the unit rate of given data. This three-page worksheet contains 20 problems. Answers are provided on the last page of the worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proportional Reasoning: Ratio Applications

For Students 8th
In this ratio applications instructional activity, 8th graders solve and complete 24 various types of problems that include proportional reasoning. First, they solve each pair of similar figures for the given variable. Then, students...
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Curated OER

NFL Home Field Advantage?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Does the home team have the home field advantage in football? Class members look at a graph that displays wins at home and wins on the road for each NFL team from 2002–2012. Then they answer eight word problems that look at the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Running at a Constant Speed

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The learner must use the given constant speed to find the unit rate. A table is made in order to relate the speed to the time and the distance. From the table, learners are able to see the unit rate in miles per minute and miles per...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Family Letter - Foreign Currency and Exchange Rates: Proportions and Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th
In this proportions and ratios worksheet, students solve 6 short answer problems. Students find the foreign currency exchange rates for six countries. Students express the exchange rate as a proportion or ratio.
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Noyce Foundation

Candy Fractions

For Teachers 6th Standards
While examining fractions and ratios, your leaners get to read about one of their favorite subjects: candy! There are four word problems on this worksheet. Learners consider situations in which "for every x caramels there are y...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Gotham City Taxis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Taxi! Have your travelers figure out how far they can go in a taxi for $10.00. They must account for the mileage rate and tip in their calculation. They can set up a table or make an equation to solve for the exact mileage they can...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Currency Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Take your class on a North American adventure with a currency conversion problem. Pupils are asked to change US dollars into Canadian dollars and then to Mexican pesos. The commentary includes two solutions, converting by unit rates and...
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New Mexico State University

Bad Date

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Get the best ratio for a good date. The class watches a video where dates are rated based on the ratio of words spoken. Pupils then use the ratios in the video along with other given ratios to find equivalent ratios. Finally, they...
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Waterloo Mathematics

Number Sense and Numeration: Ratio and Rate

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Seventh-graders solve 20 various types of problems related to ratio and rate. They write ratios in simplest form for each given statement, to compare the area of two figures, and write two ratios equivalent to each ratio. Pupils express...

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