Samples of Student Work

Above are some examples of the work of your peers (CC613 & LR601) to help with adding and subtracting fractions and determining the area of a traingle, square, trapezoid, and rhombus. Was this helpful? Post your comments on the blog.

Percent Word Problem

Solve the following percent problem and post your response on the blog. Be sure to write complete sentences when writing your explenation:

1. Of a group of 25 six graders, 40% of them said they had never visited another state.

a. How many students said they had never visited another state?

b. What is the percent of students who said they had visited another state outside of New York State?

c. How many students said they had visited another states outside of New York State?

Converting a Fraction to a Percent Word Problem

Keyshawn and Pedro surveyed 32 students in their school about their favorite sports. The fraction of students who preferred basketball was 17/32.

1. What percent of students preferred basketball? Express your answer to the nearest whole percent.

2. Use what you know about converting fractions, decimals, and percents to explain how you converted the fraction of students who preferred basketball to a percent.

3. Be sure to post your response on the blog.