Invest in Your Education Activity

Materials

• Everyday classroom items and supplies, such as desks, chairs, pens, and anything else students typically need for class
• Calculators
• Student white boards with markers (optional)
• Paper and pencil (optional)
• Price list
• Invest in Your Education Activity Sheet 

Lesson Summary

Students will use use percent to determine prices for everyday classroom items in a real-world scenario. Students will have to figure the cost of an item after a coupon or discount and a sales tax for each item they will need in order to attend class (desk, chair, book, etc.)

For full lesson, see http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lesson.aspx?id=2974