Curated OER
Catalog Shopping
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.
Curated OER
Developing the Concept: Percents
For this percents lesson, learners review how to solve a multiplication equation where they must solve for a variable. They solve equations with missing numbers and percents.
Curated OER
Finding the Percent of Something
This PowerPoint demonstrates the process of finding the percent of a given number. The slides contain various word problems and questions that viewers must find the answer to. This slide show is interactive and allows the middle...
Curated OER
Percents: What's the Use
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...
Curated OER
Business Vocabulary
For this online interactive business worksheet, students choose the multiple choice business words that complete 15 sentences. Students check off the right choices that appropriately answer 6 additional questions.
Curated OER
Every Breath You Take
Pupils explore the nature of the air we breathe by observing petri dishes that have accumulated particulate matter from the atmosphere. Students make mathematical calculations and inferences about the effect of this matter on breathing....
Curated OER
Vocabulary Review - Money
In this vocabulary review - money worksheet, 5th graders interactively complete 15 sentences by selecting the correct word about money and finances with immediate online feedback.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Percent Discount and Sales Tax
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of percent discount and sales tax. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
Yale University
Solving Problems by the Hundreds
This site contains a study of percentage and its applications in the study of consumer related problems. Problems involving sales tax are included. Examples, explanation, solutions and a bibliography are also included in the site.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sales Tax
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply ratio, percent, and direct proportion in situations. Students solve problems involving percentages such as percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Percentages in Real Life
Learn how to calculate percentages in real-life situations, from sales tax to discounts to tips.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Consumer Math
From basics such as adding and subtracting money, converting coins, and making change to more advanced topics such as sales tax and simple interest, this interactive tutorial offers help with consumer math issues.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Solving Problems "By the Hundreds"
The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute site contains various math exercises relating to percentage and consumer-related problems. An explanation of sales tax, a related problem and answer are given.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Shopping
Get tips for buying everything from laundry detergent to your dream home.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Commission
This site from Yale University provides a description of commission with example problems. Additional topics can be found on the same page.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Percentages
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipcharts, students use the interactive tools to solve various rational number problems involving percentages (e.g., percent increase/decrease, tax, commission, and discount).