Teacher Created Resources
How to Calculate Discounts and Sales
Teach discounts and sales with a straightforward worksheet. After reviewing the concept, pupils solve word problems related to dollars and percentages. The second half of the sheet prompts learners to continue solving problems related to...
CK-12 Foundation
Prices Involving Discounts: Save Money with Coupons!
Nine questions make up an interactive that challenges scholars to identify new prices after discounts. Question types include fill in the blank and multiple choice. A fully-functional tool assists participants in solving word problems....
Curated OER
Finding Discount and Sale Price
Seventh graders solve real-life problems involving sales tax, discount, and simple interest. They find the amount of discount. In groups, 7th graders examine a sales advertisement. Given a budget, they choose purchases, and figure the...
Curated OER
Investigation- What Does It Cost?
Eighth graders investigate percents by comparing different discounts on the same sale item, practice graphing percents, and look at reasonable and unreasonable "percents off" a sale item.
Math Mammoth
Circles Graphs and Percents
In this percent instructional activity, students read and interpret circle graphs. They determine discounts, and match percentages with circle sectors. This one-page instructional activity contains approximately 30 problems.
Curated OER
Tax, Tip and Discount Word Problems
Young scholars solve problems involving tax, tips and discounts. In this algebra lesson, students convert between percents and decimals. They calculate commission using conversion from percents and fractions.
Curated OER
Percents: What's the Use?
Middle schoolers explore percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students determine the final sales price after discounts. Middle schoolers interview community members and determine how percentages are used in the...
Curated OER
Percents and Discounts
Students convert between decimals and percents. In this algebra lesson, students define percent as it relates to sales and tax. They calculate the percents of number using multiplication.
Mathematics Assessment Project
T-Shirt Sale
Everyone loves a sale! As pupils investigate a sale on t-shirts, they determine the percent discount and original prices.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)
Fifty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Within the set, you'll find bold-faced word cards as well as definition cards that offer a labeled example. Terms include base, percent, theoretical probability,...
Mathed Up!
Reverse Percentages
Boost math skills and inspire scholars to show what they know with a six-page independent practice that focuses on proportional relationships and percents.
Curated OER
Sales Spreadsheet
Students use Excel spreadsheets to organize purchases, discounts, sales prices, and sales tax. Students follow step by step instructions and enter formulas as well as use the auto sum feature to calculate required calculations.
Curated OER
What's on Sale?
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 complete a math...
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Claim 3
Communication is the key. A dozen sample items require scholars to communicate their reasoning involved in arriving at a solution. The PowerPoint from the Gr. 8 Claim 2 - 4 Item Slide Shows series uses a variety of content to illicit...
Curated OER
Shopping Spree
Students calculate discounts, sale price, and sale tax. In this consumer math instructional activity, students visit mock stores which have items for sale. Students calculate the final prices of items.
Curated OER
Wise Shoppers
Pupils complete several activities to learn about currency and the functions of money. In this money functions lesson, students complete activities to learn what are the functions of money. Pupils calculate item prices with percentage...
Curated OER
Energy Jeopardy
While science Jeopardy games are a dime-a-dozen, this one has some pretty unique categories that are still relevant to a middle school physical science curriculum. The topics include: leading nations, famous Americans (who invented...
Music Class
Sound Habits
Hear ye! Hear ye! Encourage your young keyboard/piano players to develop sound habits with a resource packet that introduces a dynamic learning method. The free sample lessons, part of a for-purchase program, are designed to be used in a...
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Metric Conversions Cheat Sheet
How do you convert inches to centimeters? Or pints to liters? This handy reference guide has both US to metric, and metric to US conversions in a quick, easy-to-read format. Mass, area, volume, capacity, and length conversions are all...
Math Worksheets Land
Markups and Markdowns Word Problems - Guided Lesson
Show your shoppers that knowing how to calculate the percent increase or decrease of an item is a handy tool to know when they are looking for a good sale. Use as a quick three example introduction to the topic. The guided practice comes...
Curated OER
Planning a Garden Using a Grid
Third graders plan for a garden. In this garden planning lesson, 3rd graders investigate the use of a grid to accurately map out and plan for a vegetable garden. Students predict the space requirements for different vegetables.
Curated OER
Where Is Away?
Students explore garbage. In this landfill lesson plan, students investigate how much garbage is collected in landfills on average each day. Students discover hazardous materials that are disposed of improperly and the effects of these...
Autism Fitness
Top 8 Exercises for Autism Fitness
Create an inclusive physical education program with help from eight exercises designed to met of the needs of children with autism. Activities include ball work, hurdles, bear crawls, resistance bands, star jumps, and the Scramble.
Math Worksheets Land
Markups and Markdowns Word Problems - Matching Worksheet
Show learners how math is all around them with a instructional activity that practices with percentage change. Match the eight problems regarding markups and markdowns to the answer choices, and see if they are ready to start shopping in...