6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

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Chapter

Percent and Consumer

Applications

Chapter Opener....................... 173

7- 1 Percents................... 174

7- 2 Fractions, Decimals, Percents....... 176

7- 3 Percents Greater Than 100%/Less
Than 1%........................ 178

7- 4 Find a Percentage of a Number...... 180

7- 5 Find a Percent................... 182

7- 6 Find the Original Number or
the Base........................ 184
Check Your Progress I (Lessons 1–6)

7- 7 Estimate with Percents....... 186

7- 8 Percent Increase............ 188

7- 9 Percent Decrease........... 190

7- 10 Sales Tax and Tips................ 192

7- 11 Discount and Markup.............. 194

Check Your Progress II (Lessons 7–11)

7- 12 Commission..................... 196

7- 13 Simple Interest................... 198

7- 14 Compound Interest................ 200

Check Your Progress III (Lessons 12–14)

7- 15 Problem-Solving Strategy:
Reason Logically................. 202
Enrichment:
Successive Discounts and Increases.. 204
Test Prep....................... 205

Chapter

Data Analysis and

Statistics

Chapter Opener....................... 207

8-1 Samples and Surveys............. 208

8-2 Measures of Central Tendency

and Range...................... 210

8-3 Interpret Data.................... 212

8-4 Choose an Appropriate Graph....... 214

Check Your Progress I (Lessons 1–4)

8-5 Multiple Bar Graphs............... 216

8-6 Histograms...................... 218

8-7 Stem-and-Leaf Plots.............. 220

8-8 Box-and-Whisker Plots............. 222

Check Your Progress II (Lessons 5–8)

8-9 Venn Diagrams................... 224

8-10 Multiple Line Graphs.............. 226

8-11 Scatter Plots..................... 228

8-12 Misleading Statistics and Graphs..... 230

Check Your Progress III (Lessons 9–12)

8-13 Technology:

Create Graphs................... 232

8-14 Problem Solving:

Review of Strategies............... 234

Enrichment:

Financial Spreadsheets............ 236

Test Prep....................... 238