Grade 8 Math- Percent, Ratio, and Rate

Rationale:

At all levels, students benefit from working with a variety of materials, tools and contexts when
constructing meaning about new mathematical ideas. Meaningful student discussions provide essential
links among concrete, pictorial and symbolic representations of mathematical concepts.
The main goals of mathematics education are to prepare students to:
 use mathematics confidently to solve problems
 communicate and reason mathematically
 appreciate and value mathematics
 make connections between mathematics and its applications Mathematics
 commit themselves to lifelong learning
 become mathematically literate adults, using mathematics to contribute to society
(Alberta K-9 Math Program of Studies, 2022)

Percents, ratio, and rates are used in everyday life, in the grocery store, driving, baking, etc.
Students will learn how to understand and comprehend these concepts and apply them to real life
problems and situations. Students will explore these concepts in a variety of ways through lessons,
textbook questions, games, practice problems, group work, and real-life applications.
Throughout the unit differentiation will be considered in written work, varying the wording and
level of questions if needed. Different teaching styles/ techniques will be used throughout the unit to
ensure each student can succeed in learning and be exposed to the material in a variety of ways.
Questions are encouraged and supported from students and those questions will be explored and
discussed as a class.
There is a wide range of assessment weaved through this unit both summative and formative.
For each lesson there will be corresponding textbook questions, practice problems, or group work that
will mainly be formative check-ins. Summative work is used to check the 3 key SLO’s, a quiz will be given
halfway through the unit checking understanding of SLO 1. A unit test will be given at the end to check
understanding of SLO’s 1. 2. 3. With SLO’s 2 and 3 being more heavily weighted.

Materials/ Resources:
Fraction strips
Pearson Math Makes Sense 8 Textbook Unit 5
Rate & Ratio | msayres (carolayres0.wixsite.com)
Percent | msayres (carolayres0.wixsite.com)
Jeopardy Game
Vocabulary Stations
Flyers
Established Goals – GLO(s):

GLO: Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems

Understandings: Essential Questions:

Students will understand that…  How are percents, ratio, and rate used in our
everyday lives?
SLO:
 How does understanding fractions help with
 1. Demonstrate an understanding of percents greater
learning and understanding percents?
than or equal to 0%, including greater than 100%
 2. Demonstrate an understanding of ratio and rate
 3. Solve problems that involve rates, ratios, and
proportional reasoning

Prior understandings… Students will be able to…

 Grade 6  Convert percentages to fractions, and fractions to

o Demonstrate an understanding of percent, percentages
concretely, pictorially, and symbolically  Calculate rates and ratios
 Grade 7  Understanding percentages in real life
o Solve problems involving percents from 1% to
100%
 Fractions
o Reducing fractions
 Multiplication and division
Where does this lead?

 Has no direct links to grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 curriculums

Lesson # Topic Activity # of Materials Needed

Periods
(80 mins)
1 Intro Day -First half class (problems) Create personal 1 -textbooks
problems about you -vocab words
Chapter vocab
2 Vocab Stations -Percent, Ratio, and Rate Stations- discover 1 -station cards
and decide what each problem means
3 Relating Fractions, -Lesson on converting from percent to fraction 1 -old test marks
Decimals, and (vice versa) -TB
Percents -Convert old test marks as practice(formative)
(SLO 1.) -TB
4 Calculating Percents -Review on converting 1.5 Lesson questions
(SLO 1.) -Lesson on solving percentage problems Word problem website
-word problems practice TB
assignment(formative)
Lesson 4.5: Solving Percent Problems Using
Decimals (nelson.com)
Lesson 4.2: Fractional Percents (nelson.com)-
TB practice(summative)
5 Sales Tax and Discount -Lesson on how to calculate 2 -lesson
(SLO 1.) -project: shopping for groceries -flyers
>create list -calculators
>go through flyers -glue/scissors
>calculate tax and discounts to come up with
final price
(formative)
Percents Worksheet -- Calculating the Original
Currency Amount with Decimals and All
Percents (filesusr.com)
6 Review and Mid-Unit -Mid-unit review-TB (formative) 1 -TB
Quiz -Mid-Unit Mini quiz(summative) -quiz and key
7 Comparing Ratios -What is a ratio? How we use ratios to 2 -Ratio lesson
(SLO 2.) compare numbers and what Equivalent ratios -TB
are -Gym equipment
-Ratios in the world-Find 3 real life ratios in
the gym (5 out of 7 free throws made) (6
green dodgeballs to 7 blue dodgeballs
(formative)
-TB practice(formative)
8 Solving Ratio Problems -Practice quiz problems as a class 3 -TB
(SLO 3.) Lesson 3.2: Using Ratio Tables (nelson.com) -Practice problems
(formative)
-Individual TB work(summative)
-Online quiz (summative)
9 Exploring Rates -What is a rate? 2 -rate lesson
(SLO 2.) Find speed in a race in gym -TB
-Lesson: Types of rates, how to write rates
-TB problem (works on in partners)
10 Comparing Rates Rate Poster- Comparing price of an item to the 1 -flyers
(SLO 2., 3.) amount you get (kit kat, tims coffee)
11 Unit Review Review Package (summative) 3 -textbooks
Jeopardy Game (formative) -review package
Study Notes(formative) -jeopardy game
12 Unit Test Unit Test-Percent, Ratio, and Rate 2 Unit Test and key
(summative)
Assessment

 Assignments
o Textbook questions: Used to practice content learned in class and track progress and
learning
o Review Package
 Quizzes
o Mid-unit review quizzes
 Unit Exams
o End of unit test
 Formative
o Practice problems (individual and group)
 Math 8 LG 1 Practice Quiz #3 (thssmath.com) (ratio and rate 40 q’s)
 Math 8 LG 1 Practice Quiz #2 (thssmath.com) (ratio and rate 40 q’s)
 Study Quiz (mheducation.com) (ratio and rate 10 q’s)
 Study Quiz (mheducation.com) (over 100% 10 q’s)
 Math 8 LG 2 Practice Quiz #2 (thssmath.com) (percents 25 q’s)
o Converting old test marks into fractions
o Grocery price activity
o Flyer rates activity
o Study notes
o Mini whiteboards
o Textbook questions
o Textbook question reviews

Assignments- (35%) projects, questions, reviews, study guide, activities, homework checks, etc.
Quizzes- (15%)
Unit Exams-(25%)
Final Exam/Project-(25%)