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Percent and Percentage 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...
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What is for Sale and at What Price?
Seventh graders will research information on products carried by a store (such as sporting goods, department, clothing, etc.) They will create purchase prices for the products they wish to carry. They also will decide what percentage...
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Percent/Percentage Word Problems (Part 3)
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders solve percent application problems, including percent of increase and decrease. The one page interactive worksheet contains seven problems. Answers and a hint are provided.
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Percentage Practice
In this percentage problem worksheet, 7th graders find the percent of a number by changing the percent to a decimal and multiplying. Students' objective is to read through each word problem and change the given percent to a decimal,...
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Percentages
In this percentages worksheet, 5th graders solve and complete 3 different problems. First, they complete the table shown with the correct fraction, decimal and percentage. Then, students find the percentage of each given number.
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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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Calculate Percentages
Sixth and seventh graders study the concept of finding the percent of a number. They calculate the percent of any given number. Pupils describe ways to use calculating percents in their daily life, and change percents into decimals,...
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Cereal Box Redesigns
Middle schoolers examine cereal boxes for nutrition information. In this nutrition lesson, students redesign cereal boxes to reflect their nutritional value. Middle schoolers understand that some cereals contain too high a percentage of...
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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...
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Percent and Rates per 100
What percentage of your class understands percents? Pupils learn the meaning of percents based upon rates per 100 in the 24th instructional activity in a series of 29. They represent percents as fractions, decimals, ratios, and models....
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money
Math and science meet in this lesson on hybrid electric automobiles. This 24-page resource provides everything you need for teaching a lesson that compares the use of internal combustion engines to hybrid electric engines. Participants...
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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What Does Percent Have to Do With It?
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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Store Wide Sale
Young scholars practice figuring percentages by solving written shopping problems. In this consumer math lesson, students read several scenarios dealing with items on sale and must figure out the new price. Young scholars check their...
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Ratios
In this percentages worksheet, students complete word problems dealing with percentage increases and decreases. Students complete 3 problems.
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Percent in Business
In this percentages worksheet, students solve word problems that include percentages in business. Students complete 14 word problems.
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Visual 1: The Cost of Credit
In this money management worksheet, students examine an advertisement for a bike and respond to 3 questions that require them to calculate percentages
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Shopping: 10% Off (English Pence)
In this discounts worksheet, students study pictures of fruits and vegetables with prices marked in English pence. Students calculate the new price with 10% off.
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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...
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Markups and Markdowns Word Problems - Matching Worksheet
Show learners how math is all around them with a worksheet that practices with percentage change. Match the eight problems regarding markups and markdowns to the answer choices, and see if they are ready to start shopping in the real world.
Yummy Math
Twinkies
Brian was devastated when Hostess® filed for bankruptcy, and he was also fearful that his favorite snack treat would be lost forever. The snack food was in danger of being lost, your class won't be lost when using Twinkies® as the...
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Clothing Store Word Problems
Students practice answering money word problems on shopping at the clothing store.
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Mystery Tours – Plan Your Tour
Everyone loves a vacation and a set of three activities has groups planning a tour of the U.K. using given distance, time, and price data. They solve a variety of problems related to the trip and produce a report on the success of the trip.
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Mental Math in Percent Problems
In this math worksheet, students are given 21 percentage problems which they are to work out mentally. There are story problems, tables and simple conversion.