Description
This lesson is meant to be used as guided notes for an entire class. Students begin by learning why the word "of" implies multiplication and that they can, for example, find 18% of 65 by multiplying 0.18 by 65. This frees them up from always using the percent proportion. After converting percents to decimals and solving some simple problems, they learn how to create and solve percent equations to solve problems such as "121 is 22% of what number?" After solving these problems by setting up percent equations, they are required to write a sentence explaining each answer. Students often solve problems involving percents and have no clue what their answer means, so this is step is meant to lead to discussion and comprehension.
The assessment is based off of the guided notes.
Answer key is included!
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Description
This lesson is meant to be used as guided notes for an entire class. Students begin by learning why the word "of" implies multiplication and that they can, for example, find 18% of 65 by multiplying 0.18 by 65. This frees them up from always using the percent proportion. After converting percents to decimals and solving some simple problems, they learn how to create and solve percent equations to solve problems such as "121 is 22% of what number?" After solving these problems by setting up percent equations, they are required to write a sentence explaining each answer. Students often solve problems involving percents and have no clue what their answer means, so this is step is meant to lead to discussion and comprehension.
The assessment is based off of the guided notes.
Answer key is included!
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