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Utah Education Network: Solving Percent Problems With Proportions
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Activity Description
In this activity, students use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems. There are several segments in this activity, which can be spread over days as needed
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In this activity, students use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems. There are several segments in this activity, which can be spread over days as needed.
Preparation
- Review lesson plan and decide the amount of time you want to devote to each segment.
- Prepare the materials and print the pdf files of your choice found at the Example Web Site link (above). Document titles include: Percent Estimator; If the World Were A Village; The Bargain Store; Just Put It On My Credit Card; Visualizing Percents in Our World; Percent Concentration; and Payday Loans.
How-To
There are detailed lesson plans for each segment on the Web site.
- Discuss the topics included in the "Background for Teachers" section in order to get your students ready for this lesson.
- Begin Lesson Segment 1: Why is a percent ratio based on 100?.
- Lesson Segment 2: How can proportions be used to solve percent problems?
- Lesson Segment 3: How can proportions be used to solve tax and interest problems?
- Lesson Segment 4: Practice Game.
Teacher Tips
- This lesson was not created for adult students, so you may want to skip some of the class activities. Still, the lesson material is well done and the knowledge is necessary for the High School Equivalency math test or success in High School math.
- The "The Bargain Store" worksheet can be used as a role model. Students often mistakenly think taking additional percent off can eventually result in paying nothing. This worksheet investigates the idea of accumulated percent decrease.
More Ways
- The Utah Education Network has numerous well-developed lesson plans on topics such as educational technology, fine arts, financial literacy, health education, language arts, math, science, social studies, workplace soft skills, keyboarding, family & consumer sciences, and other subjects. Browse to find what you need for other lessons and activities.
Program Areas
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
Levels
- Intermediate
- High
