Percent Increase and Decrease Quiz

Take A Survey -- Learn Fractions, Percents and Decimals

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This is a project that helps students learn to compute fractions, decimals and percents. The preview is a "universal" homework that students can complete for review any time during the year. Take A Survey -- Learn Fractions, Percents and Decimals by Sherre Vernon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Arithmetic, Fractions, Statistics

Tiered Family Dinner Activity

Created by

Jennifer Morris

Make math fun and meaningful with this real world differentiated lesson on finding the percent of a number, discount, tax, etc. An excellent resource for consumer math, 6th or 7th grade Common Core, or special education inclusive settings. Includes three tiered activities that can be modified for individual students or cooperative learning.

6th - 8th

Arithmetic, Other (Math)

Cribbage Investigation

Created by

Scott Beveridge

Teaching students cribbage improves their mental math, problem solving and strategies. It also allows them to be social with peers and get involved with parents. When having students learn cribbage I made this research sheet. They had to finish the investigation to be allowed to play in our class cribbage tournament. It helped the students learn the terminology and rules so that the tournament could be played without having students lagging behind. Also included is a quiz that for the studen

4th - 12th

Arithmetic, Mental Math

Starting A Small Business Project

Created by

Math with Miss B

This project is designed for 7th-8th graders who have learned how to find unit rate, percents, proportions, and solve/write equations. I used this activity in a 7th grade honors math class at the end of the year. The students loved this activity! Students felt so proud when making their items and designing their business. When each student brought in their items to sell, it was very neat to see a different side of each student. Students can be creative as to what they want to sell.

6th - 8th

Algebra, Arithmetic, Business

CCSS

7.EE.B.4

, 7.RP.A.2

Enhance your Math Curriculum, Create your own School Store business

Created by

Jolene Murray

This is a project that can be done with your mathematics or business curriculum. Students will become familiar with terms such as profit, expenses, revenue, percent profit, and markups. Students will gain knowledge between the relationship of fractions, decimals and percents through finding profit. This is a complete unit on setting up your own business and being able to implement it throughout the year. Students will not only gain valuable real world knowledge, but your class can also earn

6th - 12th

Arithmetic, Business, Math

Shopping Spree Project

Created by

Rachel Kelly

Students win the lottery and are able to go on a shopping spree, a lunch date with friends and to the movies. They must calculate percents and totals along the way. They must also attach images of the outfits they buy (like Pinterest).

7th - 12th

Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Occupational Spreadsheet

Created by

Coach Hebert

This is a Spreadsheet for showing students where their money goes after taxes and bills. The student picks a reasonable career and inputs the gross salary income and can see where their money goes toward. The lesson is great to show percents and talk about taxes. Students really liked the exercise and had fun seeing if their job would provide what they thought it would.

8th

Arithmetic, Numbers