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The purpose of this lesson is for students to be able to proficiently work with percent problems in real world situations. After this lesson, students will be more informed consumers and will be able to use these skills as needed for work and life.
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Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to
set up real-life percent problems in personal and work related situations. solve real-life percent problems in personal and work related situations. solve multi-step percent problems.
Student Target
"I can...
set up and solve percent problems at home and at work." solve multi-step percent problems related to situations in my life, at home and work."
CCR Focus Standards
Number and Ratios - Level D
Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
Supporting Standards
Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies. For example: If a woman making $25 an hour gets a 10% raise, she will make an additional 1/10 of her salary an hour, or $2.50, for a new salary of $27.50. If you want to place a towel bar 9 3/4 inches long in the center of a door that is 27 1/2 inches wide, you will need to place the bar about 9 inches from each edge; this estimate can be used as a check on the exact computation.
Standards for Mathematical Practice
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. (MP.1)
Model with mathematics. (MP.4)
KYAE Employability Standards
E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.
E.9 Analyze self-performance to better understand strengths and areas for improvement.
