Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Lesson Plan, Converting Worksheets, Teaching Activity

FRACTIONS DECIMALS PERCENTS LESSON PLAN

Materials:

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Lesson
Dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Worksheet

Procedure:

1. Warm-up: Print play money or bring in dollar bills, quarters, dimes, and nickels. Ask students to think of a $1 bill as the number 100. Take a quarter and ask them how they can write the value of a quarter in fraction form.

2. Motivate the Lesson: Explain that you are going to build on your knowledge of money value and fractions. Ask if they know what percentage a quarter is in relation to a dollar. What percentage of a dollar is 2 quarters? Ask them how to write the value of a quarter as a decimal.

3. Proceed through the lesson with the “Question of the Day”. Use money to represent fractions, decimals, and percents.

*Note: It is important to have them take notes and understand the four rules. They need to know when to use each rule. Students tend to mix up these rules.

*Also review how to divide out a fraction when the numerator is greater then the denominator. Students need to learn and review about how to add the decimal point in order to complete the division.

*It is a good idea to give students worksheets similar to the Fraction – Decimal – Percent table throughout the school year. It encompasses basic computational skills that need to be reviewed periodically.

4. Have the students complete the How to Convert between Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Worksheet for homework.

Lesson Printable Materials - Worksheets

Print out the following pages for use with this lesson:

FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS LESSON
	Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Lesson * Lesson excerpt - 100 students were surveyed about their favorite food in the lunch room at your school. The results were calculated. Read the following statements and answer the survey question. 1. “1/4 of the students surveyed preferred hot dogs” 2. “25% of the students surveyed preferred pizza” 3. “0.25 of the students surveyed preferred hot pretzels” 4. “1/8 preferred hamburgers and 1/8 preferred chicken sandwiches.” Survey Question: Which was the most popular favorite food and why? Answer: The most popular favorite food was a tie between hot dogs, pizza, and hot pretzels. How can you explain why this is true? The number of students is represented in different forms: fractions, percents, and decimals. (continued...)

FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, AND PERCENTS WORKSHEET
	Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Worksheet * Student worksheet on fractions, decimals, and percents.

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