Ratios, Unit Rates &

Percent Day 15
Van Siclen Community Middle School
Mr. E Grade 6 Mathematics
Class 602/603/604/605
October 20, 2014
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Todays Lesson Link!
Do Now 5 minutes
What percent of the figure below is
shaded blue? Yellow?

255
500
students in VSC Math prefer to
play football. What percent of
students in VSC Math prefer to
play football?
Convert 9% to a fraction and a decimal.
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Last Time in VSC Math
Scaling up example:
4
5
of the
figure below is shaded. What
percent of the figure is shaded?

4
5

= 80%
80% of the figure is shaded.
Scaling down example:
320
800

students at VSC like Luigi. What
percent of the students like Luigi?
We can scale down to get a
denominator of 100.

320
800

= 40%

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8
x20
x20
Last Time in VSC Math II 5/5/2 minutes
We left off learning how to find the
percent of a quantity.
For example: Of the 25 students in
VSC Math, 45 percent like fractions.
How many students in VSC Math like
fractions?
Second example: Students in VSC Math
got 80% of the questions correct on the
quiz. If they got 20 questions correct,
how many questions were on the quiz?
Third example: Students in VSC Math got
20% of the questions incorrect on the
quiz. If they got 10 questions incorrect,
how many questions were on the quiz?
Different Percent Questions 5 minutes
There are other types of percent questions
that are trickier. Lets try to solve some:
For example: 40 percent of the
students in Mr. Dunnes class like ice
cream. If 20 students like ice cream,
how many students are in Mr. Dunnes
class?
Second example: 20% of the students in
Mr. Es class prefer to play Wii U. If 15
students prefer to play Wii U, how many
students are in Mr. Es class?
Question: What do these questions require us to do
BEFORE we can find the percent?
Lets Practice! 5 minutes
For each question, state whether the question is asking for the part, whole, or percent.
Then, find the part, whole or percent.
A) 60% of 300 = ___________. This question is asking for the _____________.

B) 60% of __________ = 300. This question is asking for the ______________.

C)60 out of 300 = ___________%. This question is asking for the ____________.
Shirt
(25% discount)
Pants
(30% discount)
Shoes
(15% discount)
Necklace
(10% discount)
Sweater
(20% discount)
Original Price $44 $20
Amount
Of
Discount
$15 $9 $7
Mr. E is going shopping for his college clothes. You can help him by finding the original
price and the discount of each piece of clothing. Can you help him find the total amount
he will spend on his outfit? How much will the outfit cost? (Hint: dont forget to calculate
the price of each item after the discount!)
Help Mr. E!! 15 minutes
Homework! Percent Practice- Due 10/21/14
LABEL each answer on the back & show your work!
1)Mr. E, Mr. Campbell and Ms. Kemp at a
pizza cut into 10 slices. Mr. E ate 40% of
the pizza. How many slices did he eat?
Mr. E estimated that 3 out of 25 students
like apple juice. What percent did he
estimate?
Mr. E was shopping and got 60% of the
items on his shopping list. If he got 12
items, how many items are on his list?
What is 50% of 300?
What is 60% of 600?
25% of the students in Mr. Es class prefer to
play Wii U. If 10 students prefer to play Wii U,
how many students are in Mr. Es class?
40 percent of the students in Mr. Dunnes
class like ice cream. If 44 students like ice
cream, how many students are in Mr. Dunnes
class?
Mr. E bought a new game for $32. It was on
sale for 25% off. What was the discount?
The discount for a new handheld was $15. If
it was 20% off, what was the original price of
the handheld?