Section 4 - Advanced Percent Equations
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Activity
Quick explanation of why we cannot add or subtract separate percentages.
Example: Let’s say you are order a pizza. You are hungry an eat 50% of the pizza. Then your friend comes over and eats 50% of what remains.
Quick explanation of why we cannot add or subtract separate percentages.
Example: Let’s say you are order a pizza. You are hungry an eat 50% of the pizza. Then your friend comes over and eats 50% of what remains.
Extension: Write you own double % story problem involving the picture below and solve it.
Example 1: Hop House Dilemma
Part 1: Read the introduction below and pick out what you would order from the menu if you were me.
Mrs. Urquhart, “On my first day as the new math teacher in Pittsburgh PA, all the teachers went out to eat after school. I was excited to meet everyone and establish my new identity at this new workplace.”
Mrs. Urquhart, “On my first day as the new math teacher in Pittsburgh PA, all the teachers went out to eat after school. I was excited to meet everyone and establish my new identity at this new workplace.”
Part 2: Click the link below and watch both the Act 1 & Act 2 Videos.
Part 3: Without doing any scratch work or using a calculator, guess how much you could spend before tax and tip.
Part 4: List any information or tools you might need in order to solve this problem.
Part 5: Solve.
Part 6: Check your answer with the Act 3 video. How close was your guess? Could you order what you originally selected in part 1?
Part 7: If Mrs. Urquhart only had $15, how much could she spend before tax and tip? $25?
Part 4: List any information or tools you might need in order to solve this problem.
Part 5: Solve.
Part 6: Check your answer with the Act 3 video. How close was your guess? Could you order what you originally selected in part 1?
Part 7: If Mrs. Urquhart only had $15, how much could she spend before tax and tip? $25?