A **Fantastic** Introduction to a chapter on fractions, decimals, and percents. I use this activity in 7th grade to start our percents chapter finding percents of a number, tax, tip, discounts, etc. It's a nice review of prior knowledge about parts of a whole. Part 1: determine what "PORTION" of the whole is colored. Be purposefully vague, not using words like fractions, decimal, or percent, let them choose! Part 2: design your own creation with specified portions, the last of which is bla