Percentages and Nutrition Labels

Students explore percentages through nutrition labels, calculating and interpreting percent values, investigating how rounding affects reported data, analyzing a real McDonald's menu dataset, then designing a meal meeting ~⅓ of daily nutritional values.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Subject Area Mathematics
Grade Band 6-8
Technology Tool CODAP
Class Time Estimate 2
Data Science Focus
  • 6-8.A.1.4a Specify ways that data provide incomplete information relative to the object being studied.
  • 6-8.A.1.4b Approach data and evidence-based claims with reasonable skepticism and apply the process of evaluating the validity of claims while remaining open-minded.
Standards Alignment
  • 6.NS.B.3
  • 6.RP.A.3
  • 7.NS.A.2
  • 7.RP.A.3
Prerequisites Fractions as parts of a whole; fraction-to-decimal conversion; introductory understanding of percent.
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Date Created July 8, 2026
Last Updated July 8, 2026