Description
Help your 7th grade students master solving real-world percent problems involving discount and tax. For 12 real-world problems, students find the original price of an item, the percentage of a discount, or the percentage of tax applied using the original cost and the discounted/taxed price. Students can type the set up to a percent proportion directly into Google Slides activity. The solution to each problem is associated with a given letter. Students use the solution and the given letter from each real-world problem to solve a riddle! Perfect for independent practice, re-teaching, small group instruction, or homework! No prep!!
This product includes:
- Digital Activity (Google Slides)
- Answer Key
This activity aligns well with:
CCSS:
- 7.RP.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
NGLS:
- NY-7.RP.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Note: Examples of percent problems include: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, and percent error.
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If you like this activity, check out the following resources:
- Using Proportions to Complete Tables Lesson
- Solving Proportions Lesson
- Finding Unit Rate from Real-World Situations Lesson Bundle
- Finding Unit Rate with Complex Fractions Lesson
- Finding the Constant of Proportionality from Tables & Graphs Lesson Bundle
- Writing Equations to Represent Real-World Proportional Situations Lesson Bundle
- Generating Equivalent Expressions Digital & Print Activity
- Simplifying Expressions with Rational Numbers Digital Drag & Drop Activity
- Simplifying Expressions by Combining Like Terms & Distributive Property Self-Check Digital Activity
- Evaluating Expressions using Substitution Digital Self-Check Activity
- Evaluating Expressions using Substitution Drag & Drop Digital Activity
Real-World Problems Involving Discount & Tax Digital Activity: Riddle
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Description
Help your 7th grade students master solving real-world percent problems involving discount and tax. For 12 real-world problems, students find the original price of an item, the percentage of a discount, or the percentage of tax applied using the original cost and the discounted/taxed price. Students can type the set up to a percent proportion directly into Google Slides activity. The solution to each problem is associated with a given letter. Students use the solution and the given letter from each real-world problem to solve a riddle! Perfect for independent practice, re-teaching, small group instruction, or homework! No prep!!
This product includes:
- Digital Activity (Google Slides)
- Answer Key
This activity aligns well with:
CCSS:
- 7.RP.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
NGLS:
- NY-7.RP.3: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Note: Examples of percent problems include: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, and percent error.
Customer Service:
We love integrating technology in the classroom, but it's not always perfect! If you have any questions or issues accessing purchased materials, please feel free to reach out for assistance. We are happy to assist you in any way that we can!
→ Be sure to follow our store for updates on new products >> CLICK HERE
If you like this activity, check out the following resources:
- Using Proportions to Complete Tables Lesson
- Solving Proportions Lesson
- Finding Unit Rate from Real-World Situations Lesson Bundle
- Finding Unit Rate with Complex Fractions Lesson
- Finding the Constant of Proportionality from Tables & Graphs Lesson Bundle
- Writing Equations to Represent Real-World Proportional Situations Lesson Bundle
- Generating Equivalent Expressions Digital & Print Activity
- Simplifying Expressions with Rational Numbers Digital Drag & Drop Activity
- Simplifying Expressions by Combining Like Terms & Distributive Property Self-Check Digital Activity
- Evaluating Expressions using Substitution Digital Self-Check Activity
- Evaluating Expressions using Substitution Drag & Drop Digital Activity



