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Electric Bill ActivityElectric Bill Activity
Publisher
101 Questions
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Technology
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Year
2013
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Activity

Electric Bill

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This Electric Bill activity also includes:
  • Act 2: Days left in billing cycle
  • Act 2: Tiered Pricing per website
  • Act 2: Baseline Allocation
  • Act 2: Sample Pricing Structure
  • Act 2: Tier percentages
  • SCE Regional Map
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A brilliant resource is at your disposal. Future consumers investigate and discuss an electric bill. Given only partial information, they estimate the monthly bill. They then consider how tiered pricing will affect the bill.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

ratios, proportions, proportional reasoning, estimation

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • If parents/guardians are willing, have classmates bring in actual electric bills

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should have knowledge of ratios and proportions
  • Some experience with estimation strategies is beneficial

Pros

  • Resource can be downloaded and printed as a worksheet
  • Lists questions for class or group discussions

Cons

  • Images must be accessed individually, which is inconvenient

Common Core

8.F.A.3 8.F.B.4 HSF-BF.A.2 HSF-LE.B.5

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