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How to Calculate Discounts and Sales
Teach discounts and sales with a straightforward learning exercise. After reviewing the concept, pupils solve word problems related to dollars and percentages. The second half of the sheet prompts learners to continue solving problems...
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Discount and Sales Price
One of the most practical ways to teach about percentages is to use the real-life example of "sale" or "discount" pricing. This presentation poses many of these type of problems for young mathematicians who are trying to master the...
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Discounts And Sales
In this math worksheet, students complete a variety of activities involving discounts and sales. For example, looking at a chart, "How much do you save by purchasing a 10-ride in Zone B over 10 one-ways?"
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Finding Discount and Sale Price
Seventh graders solve real-life problems involving sales tax, discount, and simple interest. They find the amount of discount. In groups, 7th graders examine a sales advertisement. Given a budget, they choose purchases, and figure the...
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Discount and Sales Tax
In this Algebra I instructional activity, students work with a family member to find the percent of discount and sales tax of three items that are on sale. The twopage instructional activity contains fourquestions. Answers are...
Mathematics Assessment Project
25% Sale
Free clothes? In the middle school assessment task, learners first consider whether four 25 percent reductions will result in a sale price of $0. Mathematicians then determine the sale price and discount percentage of such a sale.
Mathematics Assessment Project
T-Shirt Sale
Everyone loves a sale! As pupils investigate a sale on t-shirts, they determine the percent discount and original prices.
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Solving Percent Problems II
Fill in the blanks to find the best discount! Groups complete a table of amounts and percents associated with sale items. Classmates then find the original cost, sale cost, discount amount, paid percent, or the discount percent...
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The Discount Is Right
Students estimate and calculate the sale price of five items using the original price and a designated rate of discount. They use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original.
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Deal or No Deal?
Using a game format, learners engage in an activity called Deal or No Deal. Taking real life scenarios involving items for sale, such as cereal boxes three for $5.00, they determine whether an example is a deal or not. This lesson...
101 Questions
Amazon Percent Discount
Everyone loves a good sale! A straightforward lesson provides practice with calculating a percent off of a product. Using ads from Amazon, individuals calculate the percent off the ad does not show. Pupils see the answer after revealing...
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Sales Tax and Discounts
Young scholars explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. In this sales tax and discounts lesson plan, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Young scholars must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Young...
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Calculating Discounts and Sales
Students discover that a discount is used by manufacturers and merchants to mean taking off a certain percentage of the price given in a price list. This price is called the list price. The list price less the discount is known as the...
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Markup, Discount and Tax
In this selling price learning exercise, 6th graders solve and complete 24 different types of problems. First, they find the selling price for each item described. Then, students determine the discount rate using the original price and...
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Proportional Reasoning
In this proportional reasoning instructional activity, students use proportions to solve discount and sale problems. This two-page instructional activity contains 4 multi-step problems.
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Taxes and Sales
Collaborative discussions around this retail store problem will be taxing. Calculating discount and tax and the order of the operations are used to motivate an opportunity for learners to make a convincing argument using algebraic...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sale!
Everyone loves a sale, and this worksheet allows learners to calculate which sale is more rewarding. The activity can be adapted for different thinking contexts. The answer key describes different answer choices, some being higher...
Illustrative Mathematics
Shirt Sale
Everyone loves a good deal, and your mathematician's job is to calculate the original price when given the discount. A different type of problem than the traditional "find the percent change" has your learners working backwards to...
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Sales Tax
Students explore the concept of sales tax. In this sales tax lesson, students work in groups to spend $500. Students calculate the discount and sales tax on each item. Students buy between 5 to 10 items.
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The Discount is Right
Students visit various websites and calculate various prices of five items. They estimate the sale price of five items using the original price and discount rate, use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original price, and...
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Sales Spreadsheet
Young scholars use Excel spreadsheets to organize purchases, discounts, sales prices, and sales tax. Students follow step by step instructions and enter formulas as well as use the auto sum feature to calculate required calculations.
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It's a Sale!
Students make good decisions about making purchases of items on sale and explain how percentages effect cost.
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Working with Percentages
Middle schoolers complete basic operations using percentages in a variety of real world situations. Discounts are computed and compared to a variety of prices listed in local newspaper advertisements.
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Discounts
In this discounts practice worksheet, students read an instructional section and then solve 3 multi-part problems that require them to find discounted prices by figuring percentages.
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