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Percent Error and Percent Increase - Step-by-Step Lesson Lesson PlanPercent Error and Percent Increase - Step-by-Step Lesson Lesson Plan
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6th - 8th
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Percent Error and Percent Increase - Step-by-Step Lesson

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Half a foot difference may not mean much, but converting that to an 8% change puts it into perspective for young minds. The lesson discusses the idea of converting information into percents to discover errors made and how much it changes. This topic comes with multiple resources to make a complete lesson. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

percent error, percent increase, percent decrease, percents, percent change

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Good to use as a sub plan or for absent students

Classroom Considerations

  • Directions say to multiply the fraction by 100 when the steps shortcut it to multiplying the numerator by 100 first; this could cause confusion for learners

Pros

  • Worked-out answer solution is included

Cons

  • Only has one problem

Common Core

7.RP.A.3 MP2

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