Lesson Plan

Mixture Problems

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

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 solve other mixture problems with percents. 

23 Views 18 Downloads
CCSS: Designed
Additional Tags
Instructional Ideas
  • Use 10 connecting blocks with one color to be the water and one color to be juice to represent the gallons of liquid in the opening exercises
  • Make mixtures with components that can be counted
Classroom Considerations
  • The class needs to know customary measurements of volume
  • 18th part in a unit of 20 segments
Pros
  • The answer key shows the steps in solving the equations
  • Includes scaffolding suggestions
Cons
  • None