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...

Students make good decisions about making purchases of items on sale and explain how percentages effect cost.

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...

Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...

In this math worksheet, students convert the percents to fractional equivalents through the reading of the percentage as a decimal or division.

Learners discover the ingredients that make chocolate. They practice reading ratios and percentages. They also examine its value in relationship to its weight.