Middle school math topic

Ratios & Proportions worksheets and activities for Grades 6 to 8

32 interactive ratios & proportions activities, each one auto-graded and randomized per student. Mini Labs drop the math into a real scenario students care about; Skill Practice worksheets build fluency on one standard at a time; multi-day Labs connect a whole unit into a single project.

Worksheets: Mini Labs and Skill Practice

Skill PracticeGrade 6· 20 min

Convert It: Ratio Reasoning with Units

Convert It: Ratio Reasoning with Units gets Grade 6 students converting measurement units through interactive ratio tables with instant feedback. Covers cups-to-quarts, centimeters-to-meters, and two-step chains (cups→quarts→gallons, cm→m→km). Animated cooler graphics catch magnitude errors visually. Randomization gives every student unique numbers. Aligned to 6.RP.A.3d.

Skill PracticeGrade 6· 20 min

Equivalent Ratio Table Relay

Interactive Grade 6 worksheet with 8 ratio table problems across three difficulty tiers — whole numbers, larger multipliers, and decimals. Students find missing values in two-column ratio tables using real-world contexts. Auto-graded with optional randomization.

Skill PracticeGrade 6· 20 min

Tape Diagram Ratio Problems

Interactive Grade 6 worksheet where students use tape diagrams to solve 6 ratio problems in real-world contexts - finding parts from totals and unknown parts from known parts. Auto-graded with randomization support.

Skill PracticeGrades 6, 7· 15 min

Using Ratio Tables to Solve Real-World Problems

This worksheet is designed to help students practice using ratio tables to solve real-world problems. Each problem provides a scenario and a partially filled ratio table. Students need to use the ratio table to find missing values and solve the problems.

Multi-day Labs and Competitions

LabGrades 6, 7· 120 min

Smoothie Fractions: Run the Bar

Students run a smoothie bar for a day, and every decision is a fraction problem with a real purpose. Six connected, auto-graded interactive worksheets covering multiply, divide, equivalent fractions, compare, and order. Carry-forward story keeps math meaningful. Common Core aligned. Run it in a day or across two weeks.

LabGrades 6, 7· 120 min

The Cookie Cart: A Paired Lab in Unit Conversion and Unit Rates

A paired-learning lab in unit rates and unit conversion (Grades 6-7, two class periods). Pairs run Grandma Pearl’s cookie cart for three months: convert her recipe to store units, cost a batch, shop in bulk, sell, and fill the jar to $1,000. Fixed roles, auto-built teams, auto-graded worksheets, live dashboard. Neither partner can finish alone.

LabGrades 6, 7, 8· 45 min

The Haunted House Math Adventure

Take your students on a spooky adventure through a haunted mansion filled with math puzzles! This Halloween-themed lab features 5 interactive worksheets covering ratios, fractions, percentages, and more. Completing each worksheet unlocks the next haunted room, leading to the final treasure. Perfect for engaging middle schoolers in a fun and educational Halloween experience!

Worksheets: Mini Labs and Skill Practice

Mini LabGrades 7, 8· 20 min

Black Friday Shopping – Discount Decision Maker

A fun, Black Friday–themed math activity where students calculate discounts, compare store prices, choose the best deals, and create a budget-friendly shopping cart. Perfect for teaching real-world percent applications and smart spending skills.

Mini LabGrade 7· 20 min

Budgeting for Thanksgiving Feast

In this Thanksgiving-themed math worksheet, students convert ingredient quantities into standard units and calculate the cost of preparing a holiday meal. It’s a real-world activity that strengthens unit conversion, proportional reasoning, and budgeting skills.

Mini LabGrade 7· 15 min

City Park Design Using Equivalent Ratios

In this hands-on activity, students use equivalent ratios to scale down real-world park dimensions and see their design come to life in an automatically generated graph. As they convert measurements, complete ratio tables, and analyze the final layout, they build fluency in proportional reasoning and visual interpretation.

Mini LabGrades 7, 8· 20 min

Community Kitchen - Weekly Budget Planning

In this community kitchen budgeting activity, students convert recipe quantities and calculate the cost of each ingredient needed to prepare a holiday-style meal. Includes turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, peas, cranberry sauce, and more.

Mini LabGrade 7· 15 min

Cookie Ratios – Baking with Grandma’s Recipe

In this real-world math activity, students apply their understanding of ratios and fractions to convert Grandma’s recipe from kitchen units to standard grocery store units. Using a conversion chart and price list, they calculate the quantity and cost of each ingredient, determine the total expense for 25 cookies, and find the cost of one cookie.

Mini LabGrade 7· 20 min

Percent Changes in Sam’s Financial Life

Students analyze real-world financial situations to calculate percent increase and decrease. Using a connected storyline, students examine changes in stock investments, monthly expenses, and online store prices. This worksheet builds proportional reasoning through table-based problems and supports randomized values for independent, auto-graded practice.

Skill PracticeGrades 7, 8· 30 min

Proportional Relation– Build the Graph

Students explore proportional relationships by completing tables and graphs for real-world scenarios like jogging and packaging costs. They’ll use unit rates, plot ordered pairs, and observe how proportional relationships form straight lines through the origin.

Mini LabGrade 7· 20 min

Simple Interest: Saving for your dream house

Students will use the simple interest formula and its variations to find the interest, principal to be deposited, and the interest rate they should be looking for to get $100,000 after 10 years for their dream house.

Mini LabGrade 7· 20 min

Simple Interest: Saving for your dream house

Students will use the simple interest formula and its variations to find the interest, principal to be deposited, and the interest rate they should be looking for to get $100,000 after 10 years for their dream house.

Multi-day Labs and Competitions

LabGrades 7, 8· 60 min

Black Friday: Mastering Discounts and Budgets

This interactive lab challenges students to solve real-world math puzzles in a Black Friday shopping scenario. Students calculate discounts, compare deals, and manage budgets to "escape" themed rooms.

LabGrade 7· 45 min

Santa’s Workshop: Multi-Step Operations & Ratios

Step into Santa’s Workshop in this festive, multi-step math lab! Students count gifts, calculate materials, check inventory, manage costs, allocate ELF Time, and run a real-time production simulation. A fun, engaging way to apply 7th-grade math to a realistic holiday scenario!

LabGrade 7· 120 min

Theme Park Tycoon - A Ratios & Proportions Lab

Theme Park Tycoon is an 8-part Grade 7 ratios and proportions project where students design Aurora Park for an investor. Every worksheet's numbers carry forward, so their choices on rides, pricing, and budget flow into a final ROI they defend. Auto-graded, interactive, and 7.RP-aligned. Real proportional reasoning with real stakes.

Worksheets: Mini Labs and Skill Practice

Mini LabGrade 8· 10 min

Back to School: Fundraiser Goal Tracker

Interactive proportional relationships simulation. Students track a club fundraiser at a steady weekly rate, predict weeks to the goal, then see how a head-start donation breaks proportionality. Live graph, auto-graded, randomized values. Grades 7-8 review. CCSS 7.RP.A.2.

Common Core standards in ratios & proportions

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