Conversions Rock

Rocking students with ratios, percentages, and fractions!

Free Printable Math Lesson Plan and Activities

• Poster (pdf)
• Teaching Guide and Activities (pdf)
• Additional Classroom Activities (pdf)
• Family Activity Pages (pdf)

About Conversions Rock

Get ready to rock your middle school students with Conversions Rock, an installment in The Actuarial Foundation's "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series.

Using a fictional rock band called The Conversions, Conversions Rock helps students improve their math skills through exciting examples of how to convert fractions into decimals and percents and vice versa. Using fractions:

• Conversions guitarist Nikki helps divide pizza and hit CD proceeds equally among the band members;
• Dezzy, the drummer, uses decimals to figure out band logistics and answer travel questions; and
• lead singer Bailey helps the band budget its money.

All lessons align with NCTM standards.

ACTUARIES: Download a copy and present it to a classroom or school in your area!

About "Expect the Unexpected With Math®"

Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, the free printable math lessons and worksheets in the "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series provide skill-building activities that use mathematics for real purposes, while motivating students to achieve success in the classroom and in real-world situations outside of school.

Other installments in the "Expect the Unexpected With Math®" series:

• The Power of Probability
• Solving the Unknown with Algebra
• Setting the Stage with Geometry
• Bars, Lines & Pies – graphing
• Shake, Rattle & Roll – probability

The Conversions are a fictional rock band of middle school-age kids with a knack for numbers that’s helping them navigate their way to stardom.

TEACHERS!
Contact the Foundation at asa@actfnd.org for availability of printed materials or to have an actuary present the program to your classroom.