Category: Percentages
Balloon Invaders (Percent of a number)
Topics: Flash, Game, NS Number, NS3.4 Fractions and Decimals, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Percentages, Games
Design a city
Help a town planner to design a site plan for a city. Assign regions on a 10×20 grid for different uses such as factories, hospitals or parks. Calculate the percentage and the fraction of the total site used for each region. Use a number line to display fractions and equivalent decimals.
Topics: Activity, NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Decimals, Fractions, Percentages
Design a farm
Help Terry the town planner to design a site plan for a farm. Assign regions on a 10×20 grid for different uses, eg crops, dams and sheds. Calculate the percentage and the fraction of the total site used for each region.
Topics: Activity, NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Decimals, Fractions, Percentages
Design a neighbourhood
Help a town planner to design a site plan for a neighbourhood. Assign regions on a 10×20 grid for different uses such as apartments, shops and parks. Calculate the percentage and the fraction of the total site used for each region. Use a number line to display fractions and equivalent decimals.
Topics: Activity, NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Decimals, Fractions, Percentages
Design your own school
Help a town planner to design a site plan for a school. Using a 10×10 grid, design areas for two regions (playgrounds and classrooms) based on the percentages given. Assign the area for an additional six regions, using percentages of your choice. Observe the number line displaying equivalent fractions for the percentages used.
Topics: Activity, NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Percentages
Fraction-Percent Balance Scale
Balance the scales using fractions and percentages.
Topics: NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Fractions, Percentages
Kapow
Puzzle game that helps teach percentages and spatial reasoning. Your goal is to select and destroy an assortment of different objects off the board in relation to a given percentage.
Topics: Game, NS Number, NS4.3 Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number, Percentages, Games