Mixing Colors

Use percents to create colors.

Subject: Mathematics; Art
Topics: Percent (equivalence); Visual Arts
Grades: 4 - 7
Concepts:
- Percent
Knowledge and Skills:
- Can convert between percent notation and fraction notation
- Knows that 100% is the same as “all”
- Can mix colors to create a desired color

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Hands-On Math Movie:

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Movie poster design starts with up to 60 preliminary sketches and requires exact calculations to produce correct proportions and perfect colors. A lot more goes into a movie poster than you would think at first glance!
Running time 1:06 minutes.

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