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Classic Fermi Questions

http://iws.collin.edu/mbrooks/demos/fermi_questions.htm
This site works out the solutions to the questions, "How many Piano tuners are there in NY City?" and "how many jelly beans ...

Fermi Estimates II: Overview

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/MARS/tasks/g12_2/f...
This site provides worked out solutions, and provides examples of good and poor worked out solutions.

A Garden of Fermi Problems at Hampton University

http://www.jlab.org/~cecire/garden/fermiprob.html
An introduction to Fermi questions with a list of examples. This site also provides a worked out solution to the Chinese tea question and links to other sites.

Scientific Notation Worksheet

http://www.unit5.org/chemistry/christjs/8scinotws.doc
Easy and hard problems (with * and / ).

Percent Change

http://www.robertniles.com/stats/percent.shtml
Article that explains how to calculate percent change. Also provides example relating to murder statistics.

Percentage Change Calculator

http://www.csgnetwork.com/percentchangecalc.html
This calculator allows students to type in an old and new number and calculate the percent change. This site also offers a good percent change tutorial.

Grade 8 Easy Worksheet

http://www.easyworksheet.com/worksheet10.shtml
This site allows teachers to customize their own worksheets on a broad list of math concepts. Percent change worksheets are under 8.3i.

Word Problems: Percent Increase and Decrease

http://www.algebralab.org/Word/Word.aspx?file=Algebra_Pe...
Percentage tutorial with word and numerical problems, lecture, and solutions for students. Includes hints and realistic problems

The Complete Collection of Fermi Questions

http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/interdisc/sheila3.html
Problems and solutions to Fermi questions.

Fermi Questions

http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/interdisc/sheila1.html
This site explains what Fermi Questions are (and provides examples of them). This site also contains links to other Fermi Question sites.

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