Calculating Percents
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Price: $2 USD
Subjects: math,mathMiddleSchool,ratiosPercents,ratiosAndProportionalRelationships
Grades: 6
Description
A self-checking deck of 20 interactive Boom Cards that build mastery with percent as a rate per 100. Students find a percent of a quantity and solve for the whole given a part and a percent, including real-world contexts like discounts, tax, tips, increases/decreases, and simple interest. Skills Covered: - Interpret percent as per 100 - Find a percent of a quantity (e.g., 25% of 60) - Find the whole when given a part and percent (e.g., 40% is 32 → whole = 80) - Apply percent to real-life contexts (discounts, markups, tax, tip, interest) - Multi-step reasoning (sequential percent changes) Standards Alignment: - CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.3.c Classroom Uses: - Warm-ups, centers, independent practice, homework, RTI - Suitable for Grade 6; useful for review in Grades 5–7 Outcomes: Students will confidently compute percents, reverse-percents (find the whole), and solve real-world percent problems with accuracy and efficiency.
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