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Worksheet
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Percent Applications

For Students 6th - 10th
For this percent application worksheet, students solve word problems containing concepts such as percent, proportions, sale price, discounts, interest, commission, tax, and more. Students complete 11 problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Discount, Sales Price, and Tax

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate discount, sales price, and sales tax. They are given various problems to work out and even have to figure how much they would make if they were working on commission as well. Students have to figure out which...
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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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Activity
Howard County Schools

Discounting Tickets

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
A boss who can't do math? Oh, no! Young entrepreneurs use linear and exponential models to determine which discount will yield the most profit on ticket sales.
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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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Percents: What's the Use?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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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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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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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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Worksheet
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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Worksheet
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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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Worksheet
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Percent Problem

For Students 7th - 9th
In this percent worksheet, student are presented with a sales sign and asked what was the percent of the first reduction in cost of the item. The steps used to solve the problem are given.
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Lesson Plan
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You'd Better Shop Around

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the prices of various food items at different grocery stores using newspaper advertisements. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of shopping around for items that fit within their monthly budget.
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Worksheet
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Solving Multi-Step Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
Use this multi-step problems worksheet to have your charges complete multi-step problems including money, fractions, charts, and more. They complete 30 problems total.
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The Price is Right

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, through various activities, explore online databases. Using the internet, students explore the distributors websites. They collect specific information on selected products. An spreadsheet with price comparisons is developed....
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Percents: What's the Use

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Students communicate mathematically by conducting interviews about percents and...
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Market Structure and Competition

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they...
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Making Travel Plans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate information from various sources to decide on travel plans. They research information using traditionalThis lesson is intended for students acquiring English. and technical sources for planning a trip to the...
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Interactive
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Homonyms - Quiz 12

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive homonyms instructional activity, students choose the multiple choice homonym word that completes 20 sentences correctly.
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Lesson Plan
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An Introduction to the Federal Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Federal Reserve System.  In this secondary economics lesson, students view a DVD titled In Plain English:  Making Sense of the Federal Reserve.  Students take notes and work in groups to review the information. ...
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Percent in Business

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this percentages worksheet, young scholars solve word problems that include percentages in business. Students complete 14 word problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Catalog Shopping

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners, in groups, "shop" for eleven different items in a large mail order catalog. They locate the items and complete the order form. As a class, they discuss ways to find things more quickly.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Discount Savings

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is intended to help students develop an understanding of sale information to compute discounts, discount rates, original prices and sale prices.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Prices Involving Discounts Grade 8

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find discount prices given sales involving percents.