6.4.F

Math6th Grade

The Standard

represent benchmark fractions and percents such as 1%, 10%, 25%, 33 1/3%, and multiples of these values using 10 by 10 grids, strip diagrams, number lines, and numbers

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students connect familiar fractions and percents to visual models and number lines. They represent 1%, 10%, 25%, 33 1/3%, and their multiples in several equivalent forms.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can show a benchmark percent accurately on a grid, strip diagram, and number line. The student can write matching fractions and percents, then use benchmark multiples such as 50%, 75%, and 66 2/3%.

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a percent as a whole number instead of an amount out of 100. They may confuse 25% with 1/25, or place 33 1/3% at 33 1/3 instead of one-third on a 0-to-1 number line.

How to Assess It

Give students 75% and ask them to shade a 10 by 10 grid, mark a number line, draw a strip diagram, and write an equivalent fraction.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs 10 by 10 grids and paper strips to model 10%, 25%, 33 1/3%, 50%, and 75%.

  2. Ask students to explain in writing why three groups of 25% equal 75% using a model and an equation.

  3. Play a matching game with cards showing percents, fractions, shaded grids, strip diagrams, and number-line points.

  4. Use store discount tags for 10%, 25%, and 50%, then have students model each discount on a grid or strip.

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