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Living on Your Own -- Let's Calculate the Cost! Lesson PlanLiving on Your Own -- Let's Calculate the Cost! Lesson Plan
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Living on Your Own -- Let's Calculate the Cost!

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Students review basic math skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, finding averages, and working with percentages. They see how these skills apply to real life situations.

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average, central tendency, formulas, percents

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averaging, formulas, percents, math
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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For Teacher Use
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4 days
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