Bell Ringer – have out your notebook (paper), pencil, and a calculator

Learning Target:

• I can determine the percent of a number.
• I can understand the importance of Sustainable Development Goal 2.
• I can identify the impact of food deserts on a community.

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• MA.6.AR.3.4: Apply ratio relationships to solve mathematical and real-world problems involving percentages using the relationship between two quantities.

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What is 70% of 120?

• How did we write 1/10 as a percent and a decimal? This info will help us.

12

Bar Model

If one bar is 12, how many would 7 be?

84

What is 70% of 120?

Ratio Table

120

60

12

84

6

What is 70% of 120?

120

= 84

You try:

27

Sticky Note Check

• Put your name and block on the sticky note.
• Write down JUST your answers from the four problems you tried.
• Trade with a partner.
• After we check, I will collect the sticky notes.

You try (Answers):

1. Find the percent equivalent to 60/115. Round to the nearest tenth percent. 52%

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2. 15% of 80 is what value? 12

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3. 27 is 30% of what number? 90

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4. Sami is keeping track of the amount of salt she consumes each day. According to the label on her macaroni and cheese box, one serving contains 470 mg of sodium (salt). If 470 mg is 20% of the recommended daily amount, how many milligrams of sodium are recommended for the whole day? 2350 mg

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Food deserts, food insecurity, and the United Nation’s SDGs.

What is a food desert?

• Food deserts are places where most residents don’t have access to affordable, nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a community as a food desert if:
• The area has a poverty rate of at least 20%
• In urban areas, at least 33% of the population lives more than 1 mile from the nearest grocery store
• In rural areas, at least 33% of the population lives more than 10 miles from the nearest grocery store
• REMEMBER – there is a BIG difference between a food desert and food insecurity.

Saint Petersburg’s Population (as of 2022): 258,201

• In St. Pete, 12.4% of people live in poverty. How many people are in poverty in the city of St. Petersburg?
• 258,201*0.124=32016.924 🡪 32,016 people
• Because the statistic is under the federal guideline of 20% do you think food deserts do not exist in St. Pete?

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas/

Undernourishment is not the result of a world without enough food�

• The average adult needs, about, 2,000 calories a day.
• The amount you actually need depends on age, gender, lifestyle and more.
• The world has enough food for everyone to get that amount. Some countries even have more!

Imagine If…

Turn and talk with your table/partner. How can we re-imagine getting rid of food deserts? Use the following questions as a guide to your conversation.

• In what ways could food distribution (eradicated food deserts) be made to be more effective?
• In what ways could it be made to be more efficient?
• In what ways could it be made to be more ethical?
• In what ways could it be made to be more beautiful?

Read the article on food deserts and answer the following questions:

1. In the US, we have 189.1% of the daily recommend calories for each person. How many calories is that? (remember the daily rec. is 2,000 calories).
2. The current US population is 333,287,557. If 40.5% of people live in a food desert, how many people is live in those areas?
3. 45.1% of people in the US have food allergies. How many people in the US is that?
4. If a gallon of milk is $4 and urban residents pay 37% more (on average), how much are they paying for a gallon of milk?
5. What are some ideas or things we can do to decrease the effects of a food desert?

Make a Flipgrid (Flip) Video!

• With a partner, complete the following:
• Create a flip grid video that includes an introduction of who you are (name, age, grade) and where you live (St. Petersburg, FL).
• Three things you learned about food deserts that include percentages and their meanings! (For example, 12.4% of St. Pete’s population lives in poverty which is about 32,017 people).
• At least one idea you had to help decrease the effects of food deserts.
• 6^th graders from a school is West Virginia will be commenting on your Flips! They are learning about SDG 2, as well.
• Share with Ms. K 🡪 kruegerk@pcsb.org

Exit Ticket

• On the sticky note
• Write your name
• Answer the following questions and show your work (or write down what you typed in the calculator).

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• What is 40% of 150?
• One serving of a Reese’s cup has 45% of the daily recommended limit of saturated fat. If the recommended limit is 10 grams, how many grams of saturated fat does Reese’s cup have?