This worksheet, where students solve word problems using their discount skills, can also be used as an assessment item, to check students’ understanding of the unit. This worksheet is a part of a unit that was created to introduce students to the skills involved in calculating percentage discounts.
Solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing efficient calculation strategies and using digital tools where appropriate
Approximate numerical solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts, using appropriate estimation strategies
Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies
Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies
Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies
Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another
Compares, orders and calculates with fractions, decimals and percentages
Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers
Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places
Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values
Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems
Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations
Compares and orders fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10
Determines 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 of measures and quantities
Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances including perimeters