Proportional Relationships Teaching Resources
Explore proportional relationships in your math classes this school year with time-saving worksheets, Google Slides templates and more teacher-created resources for your lesson plans.
Aligned with both TEKS and the Common Core math curriculum, the printable and digital resources in this collection have all undergone a careful review by a member of our math teacher team to ensure they're ready for your lesson plans and your students! Explore fun games, word problems and more to help students understand unit rates and build their rate language vocabulary.
Is this your first year teaching about proportional relationships in math? Or maybe you're just looking for a handy refresher guide? Read on for a primer from our teacher team, including a simple definition you can use to help introduce this concept to your class!
What Does Proportional Mean? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Let's start with a proportional definition that you can use to help explain what this math concept means to your students.
When things are proportional, it means that they are equivalent to one another in size or amount. We can use proportions in math to help understand how different items relate to one another or how parts of something relate to the whole.
What Is a Proportional Relationship? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Taking the explanation of what the word proportional means from above, it now becomes easier to explain what a proportional relationship is.
Here's a definition you can use with your students:
A proportional relationship is the name for the relationship between two quantities. When two things have a proportional relationship, they will always increase or decrease by the same constant of proportionality.
For example, if we have two ratios that are equivalent to each other, we can say they're proportional. If we take a look at the ratios (written as fractions) 4/10 and 16/40, the numerator and denominator of the first ratio are both multiplied by 4 to equal the second ratio.
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Converting Decimals, Fractions, and Percentages – Worksheet
Strengthen your students’ understanding of how to convert a percent to a decimal and a fraction with this worksheet.
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Percentage Problems
A set of two worksheets covering percentages.
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Ratio Tables – Worksheet
Determine missing values to show the relationship between quantities with this free ratio tables worksheet.
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Percent of a Number Task Cards
Teach 6th graders how to calculate the percent of a number with this set of 24 task cards.
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Converting Units of Length – Task Cards
Use ratio reasoning to convert the length of metric and customary units with this set of 24 task cards.
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Percent of a Number – Worksheet
Practice calculating the percent of a quantity with this worksheet.
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Using Tape Diagrams to Find the Whole From a Percent – Worksheet
Calculate the whole from a percent by using tape diagrams with this worksheet.
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Percent Bingo
Engage your students with a lively bingo game while practicing how to match percent models and fractions to various percentages.
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Percent of a Number – Word Problem Task Cards
Find the percent of a whole number while solving a variety of word problems with this set of 24 task cards.
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Equivalent Ratios – Mystery Picture Worksheet
Practice how to find equivalent ratios with this color-by-number worksheet.
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Finding the Whole From a Percent – Mystery Image Worksheet
Practice how to find the whole from a percent with this color-by-number worksheet.
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Ratio Word Problems – Worksheet
Use this worksheet to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a relationship between two quantities.
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Equivalent Ratios – Math Mazes
Practice how to find equivalent ratios with this set of math mazes.
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Finding the Whole From a Percent – Task Cards
Practice how to find the whole from a percent with this set of task cards.
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Converting Percentages – Math Mazes
Practice converting fractions, decimals, and percentages with this set of math mazes.
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Converting Fractions and Decimals Match-Up Activity
Have students practice how to convert a fraction to a decimal with this match-up activity perfect for math rotations.
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Converting Units of Length – Match-Up Activity
Convert customary and metric units of length by completing a match-up activity.
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Percent Models – I Have Who Has? Game
Practice identifying percentages with visual percent models by playing an exciting I Have, Who Has? game.
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Identifying Percentages – Task Cards
Identify percentages based on visual models and word problems with this set of 24 task cards.
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Percent of a Number – Match-Up Activity
Practice how to find the percent of a number with this match-up activity.
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Ratio Match-Up!
Match ratio models with numerical representations and written scenarios with this match-up activity.
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I Have, Who Has? Game – Fraction, Decimal and Percentage Equivalence
Reinforce students' understanding of fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence with a whole-class game.
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Comparing Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages – Worksheet
Strengthen student understanding of how to compare fractions, decimals, and percentages with this worksheet.
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Converting Ratios – Color by Number Worksheet
Reveal a mystery image by converting a ratio to a percentage with this color-by-number worksheet.
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Finding the Whole From a Percent - Match-Up
Strengthen student understanding of how to find the whole from a percent with this match-up activity.
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Modeling Percents – Task Cards
Shade in 10 × 10 grids to model percentages with this set of 24 task cards.
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Finding the Whole From a Percent – I Have, Who Has? Card Game
Practice how to find the whole from a percent with an I Have, Who Has? card game.
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Let's Compare! Percent of a Number – Worksheet
Find the percent of a number and compare the values with this standard practice worksheet.
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages – Task Cards
Practice converting percentages into decimals and fractions with this set of 24 task cards.
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Writing Ratios – Task Cards
Practice how to write a ratio in different ways with this set of 24 task cards.
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Find the Whole From a Percent – Worksheet
Practice how to find the whole from a percent with this standard-practice worksheet.
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Converting Units of Mass – Worksheet
Practice converting metric units of mass, including those with decimal representations, with this worksheet.