Bringing toilet paper back to the classroom! My students are using toilet paper squares to model percents of a whole number. Each student is given 10 connected squares of toilet paper along with some counters used to model each whole number. Guided the students in a whole class setting, asking the right questions will lead them to each square of the toilet paper to representing 10%, then there are ten 10%’s in each whole. The students count out enough counters to model the “chosen” number, and divides the counters equally among each of the 10 squares. For example: 30% of 60. The students would count out 60 counters, divide them equally into 10 groups of 6. To model 30%, the students would consider how many squares would represent 30% and either multiply 3 x 6 or weaker students may add 6+6+6 to get their answer. This activity works well with multiples of ten, but we always end with the discussion of why this strategy doesn’t work so well with “not so friendly” numbers.