Solve problems involving ratios, rates and percents. SPI 0606.2.6

Links verified on 5/23/2016

1. Percent
   1. Finding a percent of a quantity - five multiple choice questions
   2. Fraction Bar Games - eight interactive fraction bar games
   3. Fraction Bars [Math Playground] - Fraction bars will be drawn once the numerator and denominator are properly set. Turn numbers on or off.
   4. Fractions, Decimals or Percent - two are given, you supply the third [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
   5. Math at the Mall - practice percentages and finding the best deal while shopping at a virtual mall
   6. Musical Fraction Bars: Making Melodies With Fractions - The Musical Fraction Bars activity connects your knowledge of fractions and length to musical pitch.� Simply choose your fractions and press play � your fractions will transform into a musical composition you can see and hear.
   7. Penguin Waiter Percent Game - Funbrain site
   8. Percent Problems - a one-player, or two-player game from Quia
   9. Percentage Calculator - This online percentage calculator shows how a percentage is represented as a fraction of a number.
   10. Percentages and Proportions - five multiple choice questions
   11. Percents and Ratios - an index of pages that teach percent and ratio skills covered in K8 math courses - Each page has an explanation, interactive practice and challenge games about percents and ratios. (from AAA math)
   12. Percents and Wholes - five multiple choice questions
   13. Percent with a Calculator - after the lesson there are problems to work (don't run your mouse over the colored blocks until you have an answer in mind)
   14. Pie Chart - view pie charts (parameters: number of sectors, size of sector as a percent)
   15. Practice Solving Percent Problems - more percent practice
   16. Shopping at Troy's Toys - percent shopping
   17. Solving Percent Problems Using a Pyramid Grid - an interactive lesson
   18. Using percents - five multiple choice questions
   19. Using the Proportion Method to Solve Percent Problems - practice problems at the end
   20. What percentage has been shaded - Guess the percent of the shaded pie chart
   21. What Percentage of your Class is Right or Left Handed? - a data collection and analysis class experiment
2. Ratio and Proportion
   1. Algebra: Proportion Word Problems - explanation and examples [direct and inverse proportion explained]
   2. All About Ratios - five multiple choice questions, select "get Score" to see how you did
   3. All About Ratios - links to several lessons by Cynthia Lanius
   4. All About Ratios: (Problem Solving) - A famous Texas chef has a secret recipe for her chili. When people ask her for it, she hands them a card with the complete recipe except for 1 detail. For the missing detail, she gives them a clue. Use ratios to discover the missing ingredient.
   5. Cat and Mouse: Direct and inverse proportion - The problem is actually a great opportunity to teach direct variation and inverse variation.
   6. Comparing Ratios and Rates - five multiple choice questions
   7. Determine the number based on the ratio - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
   8. Determining the Ratio - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
   9. Figure This: Math Challenge for Families - proportional reasoning
   10. Interpreting and Applying Proportions - five multiple choice questions
   11. Learning ratios and proportions through scale drawings - a text lesson plan
   12. Percentages and Proportions - five multiple choice questions
   13. Percents and Ratios - AAA math site with many interactive quizzes - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
   14. Percents and Ratios - an index of pages that teach percent and ratio skills covered in K8 math courses - Each page has an explanation, interactive practice and challenge games about percents and ratios. - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
   15. Percent with a Calculator - after the lesson there are problems to work (don't run your mouse over the colored blocks until you have an answer in mind)
   16. Practice with Ratios - ten questions, each with answer and explanation available in pull down menus
   17. Proportions and Ratios - good explanation of means and extremes from Free Math
   18. Proportion Problems - [Skillwise factsheet] summary of some everyday practical problems involving proportion
   19. Proportion Problems: Matching - [Skillwise worksheet] exercise in placing calculations and answers under the appropriate problems
   20. Proportion Sorting 1 - [Skillwise worksheet] exercise in identifying proportion in sets of numbers
   21. Proportion Sorting 2 - [Skillwise worksheet] exercise in identifying proportion in everyday contexts
   22. Rags to Riches: Ratio and Proportion Quiz - quiz at Quia
   23. Rates, Ratios, and Proportions - a two person quiz from Quia
   24. Ratio/Proportion Problems from Ask Dr. Math - three pages of links to real-world problems
   25. Ratio and Proportion - math review practice exercises
   26. Ratio and Proportion - A proportion is a name we give to a statement that two ratios are equal. (This is a 3 step lesson followed by a workout.)
   27. Ratio and Proportion - introduction, in depth explanation, examples and a workout of ten problems
   28. Ratio and Proportion - one-minute video on ratio and proportion
   29. Ratio and Proportion - Level 1 Quiz
   30. Ratio and Proportion - Entry 3 Quiz
   31. Ratio and Proportion Key Words - [Skillwise factsheet] summary of the main words and terms used in ratio and proportion
   32. Ratio Exercises:
   1. Dolls : Camera] | Same ratio -- Fish : Atom | Different ratio -- Spider : Lizard | Different ratio -- Dots : Stars | 2 Dolls for every 1 Camera | 3 Atoms for every 2 Fish | [How Many Spiders do You Have? | Which Way Gives More Pizza?
   33. Ratio Proportion Calculator - Enter the known and unknown values from your proportion problem. In classic algebraic format, place an x in the box where the value is unknown. Click on Calculate to see the answer.
   34. Ratios - a six page module from Purple Math
   35. Ratios and Proportions - explanation with four sample problems
   36. Ratios and Proportions - an interactive lesson in a slide show format
   37. Ratio and Proportion - This 46-slide show makes the distinction among ratio, proportion and fraction and also gives students practice at scaling. This slide show could be used as a whole class review with projection or an interactive whiteboard. Student practice assignments are built in.
   38. Reduce Ratios to Lowest Terms - interactive quiz - instruction and review, practice, and a quiz and
   39. Review of Proportion - examples and practice problems [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
   40. Review of Ratios - examples and practice problems [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
   41. Teaching Ratios and Proportions - suggestion for teachers and parents
   42. Using Proportions - five multiple choice questions {refresh to get new problems]

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