Cuemath
Cuemath: Discounts
A comprehensive guide for learning all about discounts with definitions, how to calculate a discount, solved examples, and practice questions.
BBC
Bbc: Ks3 Maths: Percentages
KS3 Math provides interactive activities on percentages, using pence and pounds. Use the factsheet for percentage information. You may use the worksheet for percentage practice and take the test provided to check your percentage skills....
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Calculating Percentages
Learn how to calculate percentages to help you figure out discounts, interest, and more.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Percentages in Real Life
Learn how to calculate percentages in real-life situations, from sales tax to discounts to tips.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Percent Discount and Sales Tax
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of percent discount and sales tax. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Discounts Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find percentages of a total price in order to determine a discount.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Teaching Percentages
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Ntcm: Math Challenge: Perplexing Percentages
Test your bargin shopping skills by figuring out which discount offers the greatest savings. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series that focuses on understanding and calculating percentages. Connections...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Percentages
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipcharts, students use the interactive tools to solve various rational number problems involving percentages (e.g., percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount).
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Percentages
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students use the interactive tools to solve various rational number problems involving percentages. Flipchart contains many sample problems for students to gain plenty of practice.
Yale University
Solving Problems by the Hundreds
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Multiple Percents
Have you ever seen an item that you wanted on sale for 15% of its original price? Have you tried to figure out what the sale price would be? Using this interactive lesson from T.V. 411, you can learn to calculate discounts with percentages.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Solving Problems "By the Hundreds"
The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute site contains various math exercises relating to percentage and consumer-related problems. An explanation of sales tax, a related problem and answer are given.
Other
Tema De Descuento: Metodo De Proporcion
In Spanish. Percent and proportion problems and explanations. Examples are based in the context of discounts. Offers four word problems for students to practice. Solutions are available.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sales Tax
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply ratio, percent, and direct proportion in situations. Students solve problems involving percentages such as percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Markdown Savings
This site from the Drexel University contains problems for practicing using percents, using a mock sale as the motif. A link takes you to a model solution.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Percent Change Increase and Decrease
Get independent practice working with finding percent increase and decrease. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Commission
This site from Yale University provides a description of commission with example problems. Additional topics can be found on the same page.