Let’s go shopping!

In this lesson, we use the context of grocery shopping to engage students in calculating percentage discounts and the discovering the real cost of items offered through different pricing discounts and offers.

Resource details
Year level: Year 6
Purpose: Teaching resource
Strand: Number
Topic: Money and financial mathematics Fractions Mathematical modelling Percentage
Audience: Teachers
Format: Webpage
Australian Curriculum code: AC9M6N07 AC9M6N08
Numeracy progression: Interpreting fractions (P7) Multiplicative strategies (P9) Understanding money (P8) Number and place value (P8) Proportional thinking (P2)
Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia
Keywords: efficient strategies percentage
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