Curated OER
Percents: What's the Use
Middle schoolers research percentages in real world situations. For this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Middle schoolers communicate mathematically by conducting interviews...
Curated OER
Running for Public Office
Students engage in the election process. In this public office instructional activity, students review the election and campaign process then design a campaign for their own selected office election using provided guidelines and links.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Review - Money
In this vocabulary review - money learning exercise, 5th graders interactively complete 15 sentences by selecting the correct word about money and finances with immediate online feedback.
Curated OER
Every Breath You Take
Students explore the nature of the air we breathe by observing petri dishes that have accumulated particulate matter from the atmosphere. Students make mathematical calculations and inferences about the effect of this matter on...
Curated OER
Words To Numbers
Seventh graders explore the four steps to problem solving. After observing a problem solving chart and discussing each step, 7th graders solve individually assigned word problems. Upon completion, they share their information with the...
Curated OER
Percent in Business
In this percentages worksheet, students solve word problems that include percentages in business. Students complete 14 word problems.
Curated OER
Business Vocabulary
In this online interactive business worksheet, students choose the multiple choice business words that complete 15 sentences. Students check off the right choices that appropriately answer 6 additional questions.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Percent Discount and Sales Tax
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of percent discount and sales tax. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sales Tax
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply ratio, percent, and direct proportion in situations. Students solve problems involving percentages such as percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
Yale University
Solving Problems by the Hundreds
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Solving Problems "By the Hundreds"
The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute site contains various math exercises relating to percentage and consumer-related problems. An explanation of sales tax, a related problem and answer are given.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Percentages
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipcharts, students use the interactive tools to solve various rational number problems involving percentages (e.g., percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount).