Don't forget to tip your server. Future consumers learn how to calculate sales taxes and tips. Pairs use actual restaurant menus to create an order and determine the total bill, including taxes and tips.

Finding out how to calculate tax and tip is a valuable skill that all young adults should be able to do without a calculator. Learners are given a bill and asked to calculate the tax, tip, and total amount. Calculations can be exact or...

In this algebra worksheet, students calculate prices with taxes and percents attached. They figure the finals price for each problem after they correctly compute the taxes and percent. There are 16 problems on this worksheet.

Adolescents love to shop, especially when an item is discounted. Here, shoppers only have a set amount of money to spend. Will they be able to make a purchase with the discount and tax added in? Percent discounts can be calculated...

In this CiCi's worksheet, students determine the tax rate for a specified town from given information.  They compute the discount rate given for a group of students to eat at the resturant.  This one-page worksheet contains 2...

Sew up your unit on operations with decimals using this assessment task. Young mathematicians use given rules to determine the amount of fabric they need to sew a pair of pants. They must also fill in a partially complete bill for...

In this percent of change worksheet, students find the percent of increase and the percent of decrease.  They compute sales tax and determine the final price.  Students also figure the discounted price of an...

In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders figure out the pay out to a powerball after taxes. They also calculate the odds of winning the Powerball. There is an answer key with this word problem.

In this math review worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 14 questions that serve as a review of measurement, patterns, number sense, properties, story problems, and computation.

In this algebra activity, students convert between percents and decimals. They calculate sales tax, discounts and relative errors. There are 4 questions with an answer key.

In this estimating for reasonable answers worksheet, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about estimation, then click to check their answers.

Let's paint the town equal parts yellow and violet, or simply brown. Pupils calculate the amount of blue and red paint needed to make six quarts of brown paint. Individuals then explain how they determined the percentage of the brown...

Test your scholars' knowledge of a multitude of concepts with an assessment aligned to the California math standards. Using the exam, class members show what they know about the four operations, positive and negative numbers, statistics...

Find the best protein-packed cereal. The short assessment task covers equivalent and comparing ratios within a context. Pupils determine the cereal with the highest ratio of protein. A rubric helps teachers with point allotments for...

This is how long we mow the lawn together. The assessment requires the class to work with combining ratios and proportional reasoning. Pupils determine the unit rate of mowers and calculate the time required to mow a lawn if they work...

Scaling needs to be picture perfect. Pupils use proportional reasoning to find the missing dimension of a photo. Class members determine the sizes of paper needed for two configurations of pictures in the short assessment task.

Does technology affect our intelligence? Stefanie Olsen's article, "Intelligence in the Internet Age," and the thought provoking reading comprehension questions that follow, are sure to generate a lively discussion. 

If members of your class wonder where they can use the math they learn in middle school, let them discover the answer. Learners apply geometry concepts of scale and measure to calculate the costs of framing a house addition.

In this derivative of a power worksheet, students compare derivatives of functions, and graph functions. This one-page worksheet contains five multi-step problems.

In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve application problems involving percents, percent error, and percent of increase or decrease.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of fourteen multiple choice and free...

In this Benford's Law learning exercise, high schoolers read about the first digit frequency of numbers. High schoolers solve 3 problems about sunspot numbers, solar wind magnetism and the depth of the latest earthquakes by using on line...

For this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders use proportions to solve problems involving percents.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response problems.  Answers are provided. 

In this math study guide, students solve problems previously studied throughout the school year. Problems include, but are not limited to, volume, area, perimeter, square roots, binomials, trinomials, graphing, and consumer math. This...

In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the area of irregular polygons.  The one page worksheet contains three problems.  Solutions are provided.