Mathematical modelling: Discounts

In this lesson, students are provided with a real-world problem related to shopping. The problem centres around gathering evidence to answer the question: ‘How does choosing sale items affect your grocery costs over a year?’ Introduce the 4-step problem-solving model to guide students to use mathematical modelling.

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Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	Maths Hub lesson plan, advertising, financial literacy
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Number
Topics	Mathematical modelling, Money and financial mathematics
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6N09 Use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems, involving rational numbers and percentages, including in financial contexts; formulate the problems, choosing operations and efficient calculation strategies, and using digital tools where appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation, justifying the choices made AC9M6N07 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
Numeracy progression	Additive strategies (P9) Multiplicative strategies (P8) Understanding money (P8)
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