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  • Sales Price Entry Point

    Sales Price Entry Point

    A pseudo- concrete representation of a sales price problem is shown below. This is what I use as an entry point for teaching these problems. The entire shape represents the total price of $80. This is 100%, which in student language is “the whole thing.” The discount rate is 25%. Cut with scissors to lop…

  • Matching Cards for Discount and Tax

      This is a photo of matching cards for the topic of percent discount and percent tax. Students are given a card with an item to buy, a percent discount and our state tax rate of 6% (not listed). We’ve identified 4 steps for to find the total amount to pay the cashier: compute discount,…