Real-World Percent Problems That Make Students Think!

This engaging, real-world performance task helps students apply their knowledge of percent concepts through a series of multi-step problems tied to a classroom setting. It’s perfect for use as a summative assessment, collaborative task, or percent problem-solving project.

Use it for:

✔️ End-of-unit assessment or summative check

✔️ Real-world math challenges

✔️ Group work or independent reasoning

✔️ Differentiation or early finisher task

Skills Covered:

- Finding percent of a quantity

- Interpreting percent increase/decrease

- Comparing values using percent

- Applying percent reasoning to multiple steps

✅ Aligned to Common Core 6.RP.3c and 7.RP.3

✅ Designed for Grades 6–7

✅ 1–2 class periods

✅ Printable PDF — ready to use

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