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Growth Factors

This short video describes where a growth factor comes from and how to use it for a percent increase.

8/2/2016 Phillip Clark
6.RP.A.3c MP.7 HS 6 Video

How Big or How Little?

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This activity is designed to have students think about what it means to “keep it in proportion” – a very common phrase, but what does it mean?

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
6.RP.A.1 6.RP.A.2 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3a 6.RP.A.3b 6.RP.A.3c 7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.2 7.RP.A.2a 7.RP.A.2b 7.RP.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 6 7 Activity

Now THAT'S Some Gas Mileage!

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This activity involves working with percentages and is connected with the ACCR Standards at the sixth and seventh grade levels.

8/2/2016 Lynda Boepple
6.RP.A.3c 7.RP.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.6 6 7 Activity

A Motorcycle Transaction

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Myles purchases two motorcycles without his mother's permission. She makes him sell them. You will determine if he made a profit or a loss in this buying and selling transaction. Concepts: percent to decimal conversion, finding the percent of a number, and calculating the percent of change.

8/2/2016 Lynda Boepple
6.RP.A.3c 7.RP.A.3 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.6 MP.7 6 7 Activity

What is my portion of the bill?

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8/2/2016 Trey Cox
6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3c MP.4 MP.5 MP.4 MP.5 6 Assessment

How Many Chickens?

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Farmer Frank raises chickens and pigs. Students are asked to use specific given information to determine how many of Farmer Frank's animals are chickens. This problem will require students to persevere as they apply prior knowledge of fractions, ratios, and percents to algebra concepts such as solving a system of equations.

8/2/2016 Lynda Boepple
6.RP.A.3c 6.EE.B.7 AZ.6.NS.C.9 7.EE.B.4a 8.EE.C.8a 8.EE.C.8b 8.EE.C.8c MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 6 7 8 Activity

Broomsticks - Multiplicative Reasoning

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This is the broomsticks activity created by Ted Coe.

8/2/2016 Scott Adamson
7.RP.A.3 4.OA.A.1 4.OA.A.2 6.RP.A.3c HSN-Q.A.3 HSN-Q.A.1 MP.1 MP.2 MP.3 MP.4 MP.5 MP.6 MP.7 MP.8 8 HS 7 4 5 6 Activity

Tesla Roadster Loan

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8/2/2016 Linda Meng
7.RP.A.2c 7.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3b 6.RP.A.3c 6.EE.B.6 6.EE.C.9 7.EE.B.4a 7.EE.B.4 7.EE.B.3 MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.8 7 Activity