Valentine’s Day Hearts Activity
Task 1: You’ve been given a bag with various colors of Valentine’s Hearts in it, and it’s now your task to find the fraction and percentage of each color of heart.
Each bag contains 50 hearts. In my bag:
____ are pink. This fraction reduces to ____ .
50
____ are yellow. This fraction reduces to ____ .
50
____ are orange. This fraction reduces to ____ .
50
____ are purple. This fraction reduces to ____ .
50
____ are . This fraction reduces to ____ .
50
The percentage of pink hearts is ______%
The percentage of yellow hearts is ______%
The percentage of orange hearts is ______%
The percentage of purple hearts is ______%
The percentage of white hearts is ______%
After you’ve completed this task, get it checked and you’ll be given a card for Task 2.
Task 2: Using the candy hearts you have, you will need to create a mix of 36 total candy hearts with the ratios given to you on your card.
My card says that _____ of the hearts must be pink. This fraction
would be the same as _____ hearts being pink, or ______% pink.
36
My card says that _____ of the hearts must be yellow. This fraction
would be the same as _____ hearts being yellow, or _____ % yellow
36
My card says that _____ of the hearts must be orange. This fraction
would be the same as _____ being orange, or ______% orange.
36
My card says that _____ of the hearts must be purple. This fraction
would be the same as _____ being purple or ______% purple.
36
My card says that _____ of the hearts must be . This fraction
would be the same as _____ hearts being white, or ______% white.
36
Once this is filled in, and you have formed the correct mix of candy hearts, have it checked so you can get a new card for Task 3.
Task 3: Using the candy hearts that you have, you will need to create a mix of 25 total candy hearts with the percentages given on your new card.
My card says that _____% of the hearts must be pink. This percent
would be the same as _____ hearts being pink.
25
My card says that _____% of the hearts must be yellow. This
would be the same as _____ hearts being yellow.
25
My card says that _____% of the hearts must be orange. This
would be the same as _____ hearts being orange.
25
My card says that _____% of the hearts must be purple. This
would be the same as _____ hearts being purple.
25
My card says that _____% of the hearts must be . This
would be the same as _____ hearts being white.
25
Once you have completed this task, have it checked and your group will be finished!