Access Point #: MA.7.A.1.In.bArchived Access Point

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Identify that a higher percent represents a larger quantity or amount in real-world problems.
Clarifications:
Use problems involving money, such as the larger the percent discount, the more money saved.
General Information
Number: MA.7.A.1.In.b
Category: Independent
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Big Idea: BIG IDEA 1 : Develop an understanding of and apply proportionality, including similarity.

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Let's Go Shopping: Calculating Percents:

In this lesson, students will participate in a simulated shopping experience where they choose items they would like to purchase from local sale advertisements. The students will be able to apply the percent formula and the percent of change formula to real world financial situations. Students will learn how to calculate percent discounts, their percent of savings, and tax. The students will analyze, compare, draw conclusions and explain in writing why specific types of discounts are the most advantageous given specific situations.

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Percents: What's the Use?:

This activity focuses on the use of percents in situations involving discounts and taxes. The students are assigned an interview to discover the use of percents in various careers. Working in pairs and using shopping catalogues, they will further their knowledge of percents by calculating discounts and taxes. To access their knowledge of percents, there is a writing activity and an assignment to create a menu with questions and an answer key.

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