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Leverage the enthusiasm for bargain deals to get students engaged in calculating the percentage of decrease, discounts, markdowns, and savings! Students will use the properties of ratios and proportions to compute sale deals during the Black Friday Sale. Students will compare different types of discounts like “no tax” and rebates, along with standard decreases such as “25% off,” to determine their best deal. Using research and collaboration, your students will soon be confident and competent in

Fun with Percents Unit Bundle uses individual choice and Multiple Intelligence to focus on student mastery of CCSS 7.RP.3: finding the Percentage of Increase, determining the Percentage of Decrease, and calculating Simple Interest. Included in this bundle are: The Black Friday Mastery Task, The Vacation Itinerary Math Menu, the Simple Interest Exam, and unit bonus material. The following BONUS downloads are included with this unit: - Percentage Traditional Learning Guide - Learning Target Poste

Trigger student interest with this math task focused on writing and solving equations based on proportional relationships. Students will develop, describe, and solve multi-step real-world problems with rational numbers to determine the most economical transportation plan. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using expressions & equations to find real-world solutions. The following downloads are included with this product:Instructions f

So many ways to save at this Back to School sale! Students will identify variables in an expression, write simple equations, calculate the percentage of decrease, and find sale discounts. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using expressions & equations to find real-world solutions. The following downloads are included with this product:Instructions for teachersBack to School Shopping Expression & Equations Math Performance Task (6 ve

Boost student engagement with this math performance task based on getting the best deal at a furniture sale. Students calculate and compare multiple discount problems to find real-world solutions. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in finding deductions, mark-downs, and percentage of decrease. The following downloads are included with this product: Instructions for teachersFurniture Sale Percentages Math Performance Task (6 versions)Furni

The Percentage of Change Worksheet Package includes three double-sided worksheets and their keys. The Percentage of Increase Proficiency Practice worksheet allows students to practice calculating percentage of increase using Craigslist sales and a school fundraiser. The Percentage of Decrease Proficiency Practice gives students the opportunity to calculate percentage of decrease using a going-out-of-business sale at a sporting goods store. The Simple Interest Proficiency Practice worksheet p

Student interest will soar as they use measures of center to make vacation decisions at Sky High Trampoline Gym. Students will find the mean, median, mode, and range of the vacation data using tables and dot plots, and then analyze their findings in this real-world scenario. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using expressions & equations to find real-world solutions. The following downloads are included with this product:Instructi

The Vacation Itinerary Math Menu allows students to demonstrate mastery of percentage skills, using choice as the vehicle and Multiple Intelligence as fuel. Students make task choices while discovering, demonstrating, and applying their understanding of percentages. This project menu focuses on three areas: percentage of increase, percentage of decrease, and simple interest. The percentage of increase section allows students to choose between three provided worksheets. Percentage of decrease an

Vault student engagement with this math task focused on finding the measure of center. Students will use raw data to find the mean, median, mode, and range and then arrange the given data in a histogram to model conclusions. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using expressions & equations to find real-world solutions. The following downloads are included with this product:Instructions for teachersOlympic Gymnasts Statistics Math Perf

Ignite statistical curiosity with this math task focused on data centers, graphs, and numerical distributions. Students will use data to determine the social media preferences of their survey sample by finding the centers of the data and comparing that data using dot plots and box-and-whisker graphs. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using expressions & equations to find real-world solutions. The following downloads are included wit

Harness flexible thinking with this math task focused on proportional relationships. Students will identify unit rates and use a table in organizing ratios to determine the cost of feeding their Feisty Cat. With six low-prep versions of the task, your students will soon be confident and competent in using ratios & proportions to find real world solutions. The following downloads are included with this product:Instructions for teachersFeisty Cat Ratios & Proportions Math Performance Task (6

Da Vinci Projects combine ingenuity, math, and art. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest minds that ever lived. He is famous for his art, but he was also one of the most prolific inventors and mathematicians of the Renaissance Era. Da Vinci Projects require students to create something wholly original, complete rigorous mathematics, and use art as a part of their creation or an example of their understanding. The purpose of this Da Vinci project is to allow students the opportunity to use c

The Simple Interest Skills Exam assesses only the skills involved in computing Simple Interest. This is called a ‘skills’ exam because it targets the mathematical skill of calculation only. This is not a multiple-choice exam in an effort to keep the rigor high, yet it is designed to make grading quick and easy. Students may use calculators to avoid silly errors but avoid calculators with a % key so that students must show that they can convert a percentage to a decimal. Students with poor equat

Da Vinci Projects combine ingenuity, math, and art. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest minds that ever lived. He is famous for his art, but he was also one of the most prolific inventors and mathematicians of the Renaissance Era. Da Vinci Projects require students to create something wholly original, complete rigorous mathematics, and use art as a part of their creation or an example of their understanding. The purpose of this Da Vinci project is to allow students the opportunity to use c