1. Warm-up: You are in line at Best Buy about to purchase the next best video game. It's original price is $60, but you have a coupon for a 20% discount. You know that you will have to also pay 8% tax on your purchase.
Would it be a better deal to use the coupon and then pay tax, or pay the tax first and then use the coupon? Explain how you know using math evidence.
2. Lessons 7.2.1 & 7.2.2 Solving Proportions
Would it be a better deal to use the coupon and then pay tax, or pay the tax first and then use the coupon? Explain how you know using math evidence.
2. Lessons 7.2.1 & 7.2.2 Solving Proportions
- Objective: I will solve proportional relationships using multiple strategies
- Problems 96 through 98 in teams. Be prepared to discuss the different strategies that you have used.
- Discussion: What strategies did you practice?
- Another strategy: Fraction Busting (cross-multiplication)
- Try 2 example problems
- Problems 99 and 109 in teams
Homework: Lesson 7.2.1 R/P
