You can be creative and bring a clothing rack, clothes and staple tags to the clothes with questions on them such as "What is 50 percent of $25?" Split the classroom into two to three groups and give each student a worksheet with the Percent Proportion formula:
Is/Of=%/100% to solve each tag. For example, for the problem "What is 50 percent of $25?" the student will try to find the number for "Is" in the problem. The letter "X" will represent "is," the unknown number. 50% will replace "%" and "25" will replace the "Of." Therefore, the setup should be X/25= 50/100. The student will then cross multiply with the result being 100x=1250. Now the student will divide 1250/100 with "X" equaling 12.5. Therefore, 12.5 is 50 percent of 25. Whichever group solves the most clothing tags wins.
You need a hat for this game. The objective of this game is to find the total amount of a percentage. For example, Place a bunch of coins in a hat. You will write random percentages on index cards. Have each student pull out five random coins from a hat, then have each student pull an index card from your hand. Each student will figure out the remaining amount of money that needs to be added to his portion, such as 90 percent of 50 cents is 45 cents. This student needs 5 cents more for his portion to equal 50 cents.
One of the things that motivates students to learn is candy. Pull out pieces of candy and write a problem on the board such as "What is 5 percent of 20 pieces of candy?" The first student to guess the right amount of candies wins the pieces of candy on your desk.
Your students can act like detectives and solve a mystery. You can draw a villain and have his picture hidden in your classroom. Before your class enters your classroom, staple or tape clues around your room using index cards. The front of the index card will have a clue that will lead each student to the villain. However, before receiving the next clue, the student will have to solve the percent proportion problem. The student who solves the mystery first wins.