I.  Bellwork : A television is priced as $279.99 after a 30% discount.  Sales tax is 6%. Round to the nearest penny. Show your work. – Write Q&A What is the original price before the discount? How much (dollar amount) is the discount? How much will the sales tax be? (Use the discounted price) What […]

I.  Bellwork : Art Van  has a 20% off sale and they will also pay 3x your sales tax.  You see a sofa priced at $3499.99  Sales tax is 6%. Round to the nearest penny. Show your work. What is the amount of the discount? How much will the sales tax discount be? (Use the […]

I.  Bellwork : Macy’s  has a sale in which  you buy one pair of jeans and get the other for 50% off.  The jeans cost $49.98.  Sales tax is 6%. Round to the nearest penny. Show your work. What is the amount of the discount? What is the total cost for both jeans before sales […]

I.  Bellwork: A.  You have $140.80 worth of clothing to purchase from Kohl’s.  You have a 20% off coupon.  Tax  is 6%. Show your work for all problems. What is your discount? What is your total including tax? II.  Objectives: Content OBJ: compute  a discount and a selling price for multiples of an item Compute […]

I.  Bellwork – A $3,500 bedroom set is discounted by 35 1/2 % What’s the discount amount? Show your work What’s the sale price? Show your work II.  Objectives: Content OBJ: compute a discount and a selling price for multiples of an item Lang OBJ: explain verbally how to calculate a discount and a selling […]

I  Bellwork – A.  Convert the following into decimals. Round to the fourth decimal place if necessary. 48 3/4% 12 1/2% 67 1/3% 97 6/7% II.  Objectives: Content OBJ: compute a discount and a selling price from a percentage with a fraction Lang OBJ: explain verbally how to calculate a discount and a selling price […]

I  Bellwork – A   A $1499.99  couch set is discounted by 35 % What’s the discount amount? Show your work What’s the sale price? Show your work B.  You purchase $267.59 worth of merchandise at Kohl’s  and have a 20% off coupon/ What’s the discount amount? Show your work What’s the sale price? Show your […]

I  Bellwork – A   $3499 bedroom set is discounted by 25 % What’s the discount amount? Show your work What’s the sale price? Show your work B.  You purchase $179.79 worth of merchandise at Macys and have a 20% off pass/ What’s the discount amount? Show your work What’s the sale price? Show your work […]

I.  Bellwork Q&A A.  Explain what a grace period is as it relates to a credit card. B.  If you do not pay your bills in a timely manner, what are two negative financial consequences that may result? II.  Objectives: reflect upon and discuss basic math concepts review problems apply the concepts of rounding, converting […]

I.  Bellwork A.  Convert the following to decimals 55% 3/5 .25% 11/12 II.  Objectives: review the concepts of rounding, converting fractions to decimals and percentages, converting percentages to decimals, and determining the percentage increase or decrease in a number. reflect upon areas of difficulty and work various problems on the promethean board to demonstrate the […]