Consumer Percents - Around Town: Level 2

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Consumer Percents | Around Town | Discounts & Sales Tax

Life Skills Math | Money | Calculating Percentages

 Being able to successfully calculate percentages is a necessary life skill. The Consumer Percent series gives students lots of practical practice calculating percentages representing discounts on products or services and sales tax, which is often part of the total price of any purchase.

 This book features businesses that could be found around any town. The 16 colorful, engaging worksheets feature “city maps” with map pins to show the location of different businesses and delightful characters that are out and about in the city. The activities are presented in a variety of fun formats sure to keep students interested. 

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Level 2 activities use more complex, less common percentages to represent a variety of discounts and sales tax amounts. The book starts with two pages of step-by-step instructions that remind students how to convert a percent into a decimal and then figure out the sale price or tax amount. Other skills needed are adding, subtracting, and multiplying money. Most answers require rounding to the nearest hundredths. 

Featured Businesses Include:

• Rite Aid Pharmacy

• Tim’s Auto Repair

• Main Street Spa

• Walmart

• Starbucks

• Harold’s Jewelry Store

• Dog & Cat Hospital

• Taj Indian Cuisine

• Dee Dee’s Flower & Gift Shop

• Safeway

• Barnes & Noble

• Sonny’s Bike Shop

• Krystal Klean Car Wash

• Annie’s Antiques & Collectables

• Seattle Smiles Dentistry

• Home Depot

21 Pages

Includes Answer Key

Consumer Percents - Around Town: Level 2

Product Code: EREM 5261

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$5.99

Description
Reviews

Consumer Percents | Around Town | Discounts & Sales Tax

Life Skills Math | Money | Calculating Percentages

 Being able to successfully calculate percentages is a necessary life skill. The Consumer Percent series gives students lots of practical practice calculating percentages representing discounts on products or services and sales tax, which is often part of the total price of any purchase.

 This book features businesses that could be found around any town. The 16 colorful, engaging worksheets feature “city maps” with map pins to show the location of different businesses and delightful characters that are out and about in the city. The activities are presented in a variety of fun formats sure to keep students interested. 

Questions:

Level 2 activities use more complex, less common percentages to represent a variety of discounts and sales tax amounts. The book starts with two pages of step-by-step instructions that remind students how to convert a percent into a decimal and then figure out the sale price or tax amount. Other skills needed are adding, subtracting, and multiplying money. Most answers require rounding to the nearest hundredths. 