Activities about percent

Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate. Start your class...

Let your students consider the graphic first individually and then in groups of your choosing before handing out the activity sheet. This might be an excellent beginning-of-the-year, get-to-know-each-other...

Let your students decide if the BIG one is a fair deal. Which size will they get? Which size offers the most value? Make a guess, then do...

You have probably heard about the proposed border wall that may go up along the U.S./Mexico border. How much wall needs to be built? How much will that...

We ran into this sale online. Is that advertisement correct? Do they just want us to believe their math and not question what is really 70% off? Is...

Pikachu Pokémon GO is all the rage. News reports show people glued to their smart phones as they travel to nearby landmarks where virtual critters appear and need...

Wow, check out this sale! I'm gonna be able to get this great hoodie so cheap! If I use the promo code what will be the total percent...

Act I: This restaurant bill has the suggested tips, but they are smudged out. What should they be? Consider having students make a fast 5 to 10 -second...

How do you calculate and justify which deal is a better savings? By dollars saved? By percent saved? By some other measure? Looking at 4 different deals, students...

That sounds like an awful lot of their Facebook shares. They want to help create a better world for their daughter, Max. I wonder if they will have...

In this activity, students analyze and graph the numbers and decide if Facebook's growth in the first 20 years has been linear, exponential, meteoric, or something else. Will...

During the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, the local plumbers union dyes the Chicago River emerald green. Students learn what PPM (parts per million) means and attempt...