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Aquarium Care: Percent Plans

Use percents to plan aquarium feedings and water changes, find missing totals, and check a caretaker's reasoning.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.RP.A.3.c

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use percents as rates per 100 to find portions of food and water quantities.
  • Students find a whole quantity when given a part and its percent.
  • Students apply percents to compare and complete aquarium care plans.

How to use

Have students show calculations on scratch paper. Discuss how to identify the whole before multiplying or dividing by a percent.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.RP.A.3.c

Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100, and find the whole when given a part and the percent.

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Aquarium Care: Percent Plans

Find food portions, water amounts, and missing totals using percents.

Find Care Portions

A percent is a rate per 100. Use each tank's stated care plan to find the requested quantity.

1.
A caretaker replaces 12% of a tank's water. Complete the equivalent-rate table.
Water Replacement Plan
Total water (L)Water replaced (L)
10012
250?

How much water is replaced in the 250-liter tank?   L

2.
A group of fish receives 60 grams of food each day. Its morning feeding is 35% of the daily amount.

How much food is given in the morning?   g

3.
An aquarium has 180 fish. Exactly 5% receive a special food. How many fish receive the special food?
  • A. 36 fish
  • B. 90 fish
  • C. 9 fish
  • D. 175 fish

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