Grade 6 Math lesson plan: Percent of a quantity
Topic: Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100; solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent (6.RP.A.3c). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.
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Prerequisite skills to check: ratios and unit rates (6.RP.A.1–2); equivalent fractions; converting between fractions and decimals; finding a part of a whole with multiplication.
Key vocabulary: percent, rate per 100, part, whole, equivalent, proportion, discount, tax.
Warm-up idea: Show a $40 hoodie on sale for 25% off and ask students what they pay before tax, then what 8% tax adds — without a calculator first.
Exit ticket idea: Students solve three percent problems (find the part, find the whole, and one real-world tax or discount), explain one as a rate per 100 (6.RP.A.3c), and show work with a percent bar or equivalent fraction.
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