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Curated OER

Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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.
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Curated OER

Using Math with Sale Papers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders estimate their results and then prove through calculations. In this math lesson, 5th graders solve problems using multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. They also use mental math to solve their problems.
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Curated OER

The Price Is Right - Grocery Store Prices

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the unit price to compare which local grocery store has the best prices. Assign students to work with a partner and a role. One person is the recorder and the other is the mathematician.
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Curated OER

What is for Sale and at What Price?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders will research information on products carried by a store (such as sporting goods, department, clothing, etc.) They will create purchase prices for the products they wish to carry. They also will decide what percentage...
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Curated OER

Fall Clothing Sale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students shop for clothing. In this fall clothing sale lesson, students examine circulars for items to purchase within their budget.  
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Curated OER

Function Tables and Money

For Students 5th - 7th
In this function tables, money worksheet, students examine 2 different function tables, where they are given input information. Students determine the rule of the function table, then calculate the missing output values. The first table...
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Curated OER

Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars find the cost of an outfit. In this percentages lesson, students look at ads, pick out an outfit, and find the sale price. They create a commercial and complete 4 included worksheets. 
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Curated OER

Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate how to make change when purchasing items.  In this making change lesson plan, students examine a scenario to calculate the correct change.  Students play Bingo based on information and calculations to determine the...
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Curated OER

Calculating Discounts and Sales

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discover that a discount is used by manufacturers and merchants to mean taking off a certain percentage of the price given in a price list. This price is called the list price. The list price less the discount is known as...
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Curated OER

By the Pound

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Agriculture surrounds us every day; incorporate measuring tools into a study of Oklahoma's agricultural industry! Small groups read an informational text (included) before visiting stations where they investigate prices of various...
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SMART Project

Shop with Us at Whelan School

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use their math and research skills to create and manage a classroom/school store. They use a computer to manage, organize and access information. They practice pricing products, computing sales, counting money and making...
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Best Buys

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mathematics worksheet, students use the information provided in each statement to solve each problem. They include all of their calculations.
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Curated OER

What Does Percent Have to Do With It?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders go shopping for a real life experience involving percent. They explore the concepts of sales tax and discount prices.
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Curated OER

Go Figure! Using Percents in the Real World

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve sales tax problems.  In this solving sales tax problems lesson, 6th graders find the sales tax on various items.  Students are given a list of expenses that a family spent on vacation before taxes.  Students determine...
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Curated OER

Let's Go Shopping with $500

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...
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Curated OER

Sale Price

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this mathematics worksheet, students identify how to find a sale price depending on what is being asked. They read a table that shows the cost and selling prices and complete the table to one decimal point. Then, students complete...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Kendall's Vase - Tax

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Practice sales tax when using the activity with three solution choices. Learners can use a percent table, benchmark percent, or solve by calculating. Solutions don't show how to multiply by the decimal, but method can be added in. Great...
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Curated OER

ESOL COnsumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of saving money by shopping sales and reading advertisements. They share personal practices with comparison shopping to save money then complet "Shopping" activity.
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Curated OER

The Discount Is Right

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners estimate and calculate the sale price of five items using the original price and a designated rate of discount. They use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original.
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Mathed Up!

Reverse Percentages

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Boost math skills and inspire scholars to show what they know with a six-page independent practice that focuses on proportional relationships and percents. 
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Curated OER

Your Money and Your Math

For Students 8th - 10th
For this algebra worksheet, students calculate interest based on a certain amount of capital, sale or item purchased. They convert percents to decimals and perform the correct calculations to find their answer. There are 20 questions.
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Curated OER

Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars compare prices then and now. They use the calculated rate of inflation to figure out the equivalent prices today for items sold at the fair and money earned in 1864. They calculate the actual value of a bowl of soup, a...
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Curated OER

Gifts for Valentine's Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate unit cost.  For this gifts for Valentine's Day lesson, students examine store ads and determine the unit cost of Valentine's gifts such as the price for one piece of candy.  They compare prices and determine which is...
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Curated OER

Shop 'Til You Drop

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare food prices to find the lowest unit price and make choices about where to shop and what to purchase on weekly items, cost comparisons and items needed. They collect grocery ads and weekly sale flyer's to expedite their...