Everyone likes to save money! Use your math skills to figure out just how much you can save on a pair of sweet shoes. A vendor is running a percent off sale, with a percent off coupon, and a specific dollar amount coupon—and lets you use all three discounts! As a unique touch, the the actual store receipt shows the final cost of the shoes.

Concepts

percents, ratios, converting percents to decimals, coupons, taxes

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate during a unit on percents and ratios
• Form collaborative groups to analyze the problem and offer solution methods

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should know how to find the percent of a whole

Pros

• Includes scans of sample pupil responses
• Presents a question with multiple correct solutions and solution methods

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.c 7.RP.A.3 MP3 MP4 MP6