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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

The Percent Equation: Soccer Stadium

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A soccer-themed interactive challenges mathematicians to solve five questions involving percent equations. Question types include multiple-choice, fill in the blank, true or false and a discussion. A color-coded stadium with movable...
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PBS

Real-Life Math — Production Scheduler

For Students 6th Standards
Use unit rates to find the number of parts needed to produce a given number of units. A production scheduler shares the different ways schedulers use math to ensure the required amount of parts are available to manufacture air...
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Activity
101 Questions

Canadian Thanksgiving Tradition

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
It's all about the portion size! Given a photo of a pumpkin pie, learners work to determine the number of calories that are missing. Supplemental information provides the angle of the piece that is missing as well as the nutritional...
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Worksheet
Teacher Created Resources

How to Calculate Discounts and Sales

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Teach discounts and sales with a straightforward worksheet. After reviewing the concept, pupils solve word problems related to dollars and percentages. The second half of the sheet prompts learners to continue solving problems related to...
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Unit Plan
Indiana Department of Education

The Represented World: Communication—Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Optimize! Cleaner Energy Options for Rural China

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
What are the trade-offs when looking to get the most benefit from an energy source? Small groups compare the cost-to-emission levels of several energy sources by looking at the information graphically. The groups utilize this...
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Activity
Teach Engineering

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...
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Light vs. Heat Bulbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Careful, that light bulb is hot! Compare heat and light energy using a simple light bulb. The exercise addresses energy conservation and presents actual calculations to determine the most cost-effective light bulb.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Candy Machine

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Using the concept of a candy vending machine, young mathematicians explore the sugar ratios found in different types of candy. Using the provided information, class members calculate and compare different ratios in...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Ratios and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The mathematics resource consists of an assessment with hints and solutions. Students answer questions that review ratios and proportions.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes the Percent Proportion

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The online assessment reviews percent proportions. Students complete the multiple choice questions to test their mathematics skills. Hints and solutions are included.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Using Proportional Reasoning

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The mathematics resource consists of an assessment with hints and solutions. Students answer questions that review proportional reasoning.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Percents and Wholes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The five question quiz assesses learners on percents and wholes. Hints are available to help students solve the problems.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Finding a Percent of a Quantity

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking chapter test to assess your knowledge on how to find a percent of a number. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. After completing the quiz students can click the "Check It" button and...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Exploring Ratio, Proportions, and Percent

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The interactive assessment examines ratios, proportions, and percents. Students complete 14 questions created by Glencoe. Hints and solutions are included.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Percentages and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The five question question assesses learners on percentages and proportions. Hints are available to help students solve the problems.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Chapter Test Ratio, Proportions, and Percent 20 Questions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The interactive assessment examines ratios, proportions, and percents. Students complete 20 questions created by Glencoe. Hints and solutions are included.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: What's a Percentage?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to learn about percents, and how they relate to decimals and fractions with this interactive online lesson. You will learn about percents, convert percents into fractions and decimals, and find equal parts of a whole.
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Percents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of percents. Many examples are given and clearly explained. Changing a percent to a decimal and a decimal to a percent are also both explained.
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Activity
Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
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Activity
BBC

Bbc: Percentages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You can pick up some valuable percentage pointers on how to work with them. When you finish working your way through the pages, you can take an on-line "Test Bite" and check your understanding.
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Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Determining Percentage

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An example explains how to find the percent of a number. Students then check for comprehension by completing practice problems.
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Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Finding the Percent of a Number

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A step-by-step explanation demonstrates how to find the percent of a number. Students then check for comprehension by completing practice problems.
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Percent Increase and Decrease

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of how to find what the percent of increase or decease is. Examples are given and clearly explained.