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Veggie Box Problem ready to grade, a red pen, glue, calculator and a pencil.

5 Minute Warm-up-Complete in your notebook while I record your scores.

The Percent Bar Model

CCSS.6.RP.3.c: Find the percent of a number as a rate per 100.

The Percent Bar Model: You can find the percent of a number

using the percent bar model. Think about part-to-whole…

Write the fraction as a decimal and then as a percent.

Restated: 1 is what percent of 4? Remember…part-to-whole…

Use the percent bar model to solve: What percent of 4 is 1?

Use the percent bar model to solve:Deserts. Deserts cover about 1/5 of Earth’s land surface. What percent of Earth’s land surface is desert?

Use the percent bar model to solve: Soccer. A survey at the Roosevelt Middle School said 11/40 of the sixth grade students named soccer as their favorite sport. What percent of the students named soccer as their favorite sport?

Use the percent bar model to solve: Compare our own class to Roosevelt M.S. How many would name soccer as their favorite sport?

Use the percent bar model to solve. Pumpkins. Eighty-four percent of the total weight of a pumpkin is the shell and the meat of the pumpkin. The pumpkin weighs 7 pounds. How much does the shell and meat weigh? (round to the nearest tenth)

Tennis. During a tennis match, a player noticed that 3/10 of her first serves landed in play and 47/50 of her second serves landed in play. What percent of her first serves and what percent of her second serves landed in play?

Use any method you would like to solve.

Math. On their math quiz papers, John’s score is written as “22/25 correct”, Sam’s score is “0.97 correct”, and Vince’s score is “84.5% correct” . Who received the highest score? the lowest score?

New Bike. You have been working hard mowing lawns this summer to make enough money to buy a bike. The bike costs $325 and you have earned 30% of the total cost. How much money have you earned? How much more money do you need to purchase your new bike?

Use the percent bar model to set up your proportion.

Proof read your work. Trade with a partner. Solve each other’s

problem. Show all work. When you get yours back, check your partner’s work.

If you have any questions be sure to get them answered today. Your next quiz will cover using ratio tables and bar models to find percents.

Create a story problem involving a percent.