Fractions, Decimals & Percents song · Math · Grades 6–9
Three Deep
Same number, three outfits. Three deep.
- Subject
- Math
- Grades
- 6–9
- Length
- 2:20
- Style
- West Coast boom-bap
Lyrics
Tap a line to play the video from there.
Intro
Verse 1
Hook 1
Verse 2
Hook 2
Beat switch
Outro
For teachers
Free to use in class. Play it a few times; it's made to support what students learn in class, not replace it.
About this song
How to convert between fractions, decimals and percents, in one West Coast boom-bap track. The video builds a conversion triangle on screen as the song goes, so you can watch each rule light up while you hear it.
Verse 1 covers what each form means (percent means "per hundred," a fraction is part of a whole, decimals use place value), how to turn a fraction into a decimal, and the benchmarks to know by heart. Verse 2 covers decimal to percent and back, percent to fraction, decimal to fraction, and how to compare. The beat switch hits the tricky ones: repeating decimals (1/3 and 2/3), 1/8, percents over 100% and under 1%. The outro takes 3/5 through all three forms and back.
Made for grades 6-9. Teachers: it works as a warm-up or a review before the test. Lyrics are on screen with the key terms highlighted.
The Deep series
Check yourself
What's 1/8 as a percent?
Show the answer
12.5%. Divide 1 by 8 to get 0.125, then move the decimal two places: 12.5%.
Key terms
- fractions decimals percents
- converting fractions to decimals
- fractions to percents
- decimals to percents
- percent to fraction
- repeating decimals
- benchmark fractions
Standards it supports
- 6.RP.A.3cFind a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100; find the whole from a part and the percent.
- 7.NS.A.2dConvert a rational number to a decimal; its decimal form ends or repeats.
Common Core State Standards.
Lesson pack
Coming soon for this song: a lyric sheet, fill-in-the-blanks, vocabulary, a quiz and an exit ticket.
Need it sooner? Let me know.
