Description
This resource deepens your students' understanding of percentages by having them create visual representations of the percent benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Next, they apply these benchmarks to estimate percentage amounts that are shaded in on various pictures or marked on number lines. Creating visuals of each benchmark helps students understand the equivalent relationships between fractions, decimals, and percents, and also provides building blocks for mentally calculating unknown percents.
GRADE 6 AND GRADE 7 2020 ONTARIO MATH CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS:
B1.7
convert between fractions, decimal numbers, and percents, in various contexts
B2.2
understand and recall commonly used percents, fractions, and decimal equivalents
B2.3
use mental math strategies to calculate percents of whole numbers, including 1%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, and 50%, and explain the strategies used
B2.12
solve problems involving ratios, including percents and rates, using appropriate tools and strategies
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Tips Sheet: This detailed guide will provide you with a break down of each part of the lesson.
- Getting Started: Your students will be lead through a quick warm up activity to activate prior knowledge or review concepts. With this activity, students shade in 100 grids to create benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Next, they use these benchmarks to estimate percentage amounts that are shaded in on various pictures.
- Working On It: A rich problem solving task in which students collaborate and use their percent benchmarks to create a seating plan. They need to divide the gym into sections based on a list of percentages.
- Exit Ticket: Students independently practice estimating percentage amounts using percent benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%.
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OTHER MATH ACTIVITIES BY BLUE SKY SCHOLASTICS:
- Calculate Percents of Whole Numbers Using Mental Math Strategies - Activities
- Percents of Whole Numbers Riddle Worksheet and Colouring Worksheet
- Percentage Bundle - Solving Problems with Percents - 2020 Ontario Curriculum
- Converting Fractions to Percentages - A Math Problem-Solving Activity
- Using Percent Benchmarks to Estimate Quantities - A Problem-Solving Activity
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Representing Percent Benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75% to Estimate
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Description
This resource deepens your students' understanding of percentages by having them create visual representations of the percent benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Next, they apply these benchmarks to estimate percentage amounts that are shaded in on various pictures or marked on number lines. Creating visuals of each benchmark helps students understand the equivalent relationships between fractions, decimals, and percents, and also provides building blocks for mentally calculating unknown percents.
GRADE 6 AND GRADE 7 2020 ONTARIO MATH CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS:
B1.7
convert between fractions, decimal numbers, and percents, in various contexts
B2.2
understand and recall commonly used percents, fractions, and decimal equivalents
B2.3
use mental math strategies to calculate percents of whole numbers, including 1%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, and 50%, and explain the strategies used
B2.12
solve problems involving ratios, including percents and rates, using appropriate tools and strategies
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Tips Sheet: This detailed guide will provide you with a break down of each part of the lesson.
- Getting Started: Your students will be lead through a quick warm up activity to activate prior knowledge or review concepts. With this activity, students shade in 100 grids to create benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Next, they use these benchmarks to estimate percentage amounts that are shaded in on various pictures.
- Working On It: A rich problem solving task in which students collaborate and use their percent benchmarks to create a seating plan. They need to divide the gym into sections based on a list of percentages.
- Exit Ticket: Students independently practice estimating percentage amounts using percent benchmarks of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%.
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OTHER MATH ACTIVITIES BY BLUE SKY SCHOLASTICS:
- Calculate Percents of Whole Numbers Using Mental Math Strategies - Activities
- Percents of Whole Numbers Riddle Worksheet and Colouring Worksheet
- Percentage Bundle - Solving Problems with Percents - 2020 Ontario Curriculum
- Converting Fractions to Percentages - A Math Problem-Solving Activity
- Using Percent Benchmarks to Estimate Quantities - A Problem-Solving Activity
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