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Lesson Purpose

he purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to working with percentages.  Gaining a conceptual understanding of percentages will help students to better analyze real life percent applications of within the workplace and as an everyday consumer.

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Lesson Objectives

 At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

• Explain the meaning of percent
• Convert decimals to a percentage
• Convert fractions to a percentage
• Work basic percent problems

Student Target

“I can find numbers equivalent to a percentage and find the missing part of a percent problem.”

CCR Focus Standards

Number and Ratios - Level D

• 6.RP.3

  Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

• 6.RP.3c

  Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

Supporting Standards

• 6.RP.3a

  Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole- number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.

Standards for Mathematical Practice

• MP.2

  Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (MP.2)

• MP.7

  Look for and make use of structure. (MP.7)

KYAE Employability Standards

• E.1

  E.1 Effectively contribute to a team through cooperation, leadership, and giving and accepting critical feedback to work toward a common goal.

• E.7

  E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.

• E.8

  E.8 Interact with others in a professional manner.