Unit 9.2 - Converting "Easy" Fractions To Decimals And Percents Examples And Worksheets
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8Converting “Easy” Fractions
to Decimals and Percents
Objectives
To reinforce renaming fourths, fifths, and tenths as
decimals and percents; and to introduce solving percent
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problems by using equivalent fractions.
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Key Concepts and Skills
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Playing Rugs and Fences
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• Find the fraction and percent of a collection
Student Reference Book, pp. 260
Exploring Percent Patterns
and a region.
and 261
Math Masters, p. 283; p. 426 (optional)
Math Masters, p. 502
[Number and Numeration Goal 2]
base-10 blocks (optional)
Rugs and Fences Cards (Math
• Solve “percent-of” problems.
Students identify and use patterns to solve
Masters, pp. 498–501)
percent problems.
[Number and Numeration Goal 2]
Students practice finding the areas
• Rename fractions with denominators of 100
and perimeters of polygons.
ENRICHMENT
as decimals.
Writing and Solving “Percent-of”
[Number and Numeration Goal 5]
Math Boxes 9 2
Number Stories
Math Journal 2, p. 254
• Find equivalent names for percents.
Students write and solve “percent-of”
Students practice and maintain skills
[Number and Numeration Goal 5]
number stories.
through Math Box problems.
Key Activities
EXTRA PRACTICE
Study Link 9 2
Students name shaded parts of 10-by-10
Adding Tenths and Hundredths
Math Masters, p. 282
grids as fractions, decimals, and percents.
Math Masters, pp. 283A and 283B;
The shaded parts are all “easy” fractions:
Students practice and maintain skills
p. 426 (optional)
through Study Link activities.
fourths, fifths, and tenths.
base-10 blocks (optional)
Students solve percent problems by
Students add fractions with 10 and 100 in the
substituting “easy” equivalent fractions
denominator.
for percents.
EXTRA PRACTICE
Ongoing Assessment:
Finding Equivalent Names for Fractions
Recognizing Student Achievement
Use journal page 253.
Math Masters, p. 445
[Number and Numeration Goal 5]
Students name a fraction and a percent for
the shaded part of a 10-by-10 grid.
Materials
Math Journal 2, pp. 252, 253, 342, and 343
Study Link 9 1
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Advance Preparation
Teacher’s Reference Manual, Grades 4–6
pp. 62, 63, 153, 154
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Unit 9 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
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