Lesson Plan
EngageNY

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...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems III

For Teachers 6th Standards
What happens when combining percentage discounts? The last lesson in a series of 29 introduces the idea of combining discounts one after another. Pupils wrestle with the claim that to find the total discount, they need to only add...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Markup and Markdown Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
There is a 100 percent chance this resource will help pupils connect percents to financial literacy. Young mathematicians use their knowledge of percents to find markups and markdowns in financial situations in the seventh segment in a...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Coupon Versus Discount

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
All too often stores give coupons for an item, but when you go into buy it, the item is on discount.  The store won’t take the coupon if the discount is used. So what do you do, use the coupon or take the discount? This activity...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Solving Percent Problems

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't discount how much your pupils understand percents! The 27th lesson in a series of 29 presents a problem to find the cost of a discounted outfit. Small groups determine either the original price or the discount received given the...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Tax, Commissions, Fees, and Other Real-World Percent Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
Pupils work several real-world problems that use percents in the 11th portion of a 20-part series. The problems contain percents involved with taxes, commissions, discounts, tips, fees, and interest. Scholars use the equations formed for...
Worksheet
Mathed Up!

Reverse Percentages

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Boost math skills and inspire scholars to show what they know with a six-page independent practice that focuses on proportional relationships and percents. 
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Discounted Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
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...
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Mental Math in Percent Problems

For Students 8th - 9th
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.
Worksheet
Curated OER

A-Z Tech Math Final Exam Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Discounts

For Students 4th - 6th
In this discounts practice instructional activity, students read an instructional section and then solve 3 multi-part problems that require them to find discounted prices by figuring percentages.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Markup, Discount and Tax

For Students 6th
In this selling price worksheet, 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discounts And Sales

For Teachers 5th - 6th
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?"
Worksheet
Curated OER

Discount and Sales Tax

For Students 8th - 9th
For this Algebra I worksheet, students work with a family member to find the percent of discount and sales tax of three items that are on sale. The twopage worksheet contains fourquestions. Answers are not included.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Mystery Math Ball: A Logic Based Mystery

For Students 4th - 5th
In this logic learning exercise, students read an "invitation to a mystery ball" and then use math clues to determine the date of the ball, the 5-digit house number where the ball will be held, and who is hosting.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Iditarod Math Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this Iditarod worksheet, young scholars complete word problems about the money, booties, time, and more about the Iditarod. Students complete fifteen problems.
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Computing Discounts

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this computing discounts worksheet, learners with a partner problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations involving sales price, discounts, percents and decimals.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circle Graphs and Percents

For Students 6th - 10th
For this circle graph and percentages worksheet, students fill in a chart, write percentages, calculate discounts, and more. Students complete 4 sets of problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving Discounts, Markups, Tips, and Sales Tax

For Students 6th - 7th
In this discounts and sales tax activity, students problem solve and work with discounts, markups, tips, and sales tax by completing the six word problems.
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Percentages

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Review a percentage of math skills. Designed to review for the General Certificate of Secondary Education Math assessment, the resource provides practice with a variety of percent problems. Items provide pupils problems ranging from...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Shirt Sale

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
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...
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.
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.