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How to Calculate Discounts and Sales

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Teach discounts and sales with a straightforward worksheet. 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 related to...
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Discount and Sales Price

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

T-Shirt Sale

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Everyone loves a sale! As pupils investigate a sale on t-shirts, they determine the percent discount and original prices.
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Lesson Plan
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Sales Spreadsheet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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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Finding Discount and Sale Price

For Teachers 7th
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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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

25% Sale

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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.
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Solving Percent Problems II

For Teachers 6th Standards
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 based...
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The Discount Is Right

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Calculating Discounts and Sales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Discount

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders calculate the sale price when given the regular price and percent discount as well as calculate the percent discount when given the regular price and sale price. They find the total cost of a CD if the price is $19.99 and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proportional Reasoning

For Students 7th - 10th
In this proportional reasoning worksheet, learners use proportions to solve discount and sale problems. This two-page worksheet contains 4 multi-step problems.
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Worksheet
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Discounting Prices - Finding the Sale Price Using Percentages

For Students 5th - 6th
In this percentages worksheet, students find the discount prices of items in 20 short word problems using the given price and percent discount. They complete the worksheet on-line and print the pages as needed.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Sale!

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
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The Discount is Right

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners 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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Curated OER

Reteach: Sales Tax and Discounts

For Students 6th
In this sales tax worksheet, 6th graders read steps to finding sales prices, sale tax amounts, and total cost of sale items. They solve twelve problems using those steps.
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Sales Tax

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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Working with Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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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Curated OER

Discounts

For Students 4th - 6th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is for Sale and at What Price?

For Teachers 7th
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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Investigation- What Does It Cost?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate percents by comparing different discounts on the same sale item, practice graphing percents, and look at reasonable and unreasonable "percents off" a sale item.
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Chapter 4 - Objective 4.1 - Sale Price

For Students 9th - 11th
In this sale price worksheet, students read story problems and find the sale price of given items. They determine the percent of change and figure discounts. This one-page worksheet contains four problems.
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Lesson Plan
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What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math instructional activity, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...
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Percent of Change, Discounted Price, and Total Price

For Students 7th - 9th
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 item.  This one-page...