Thursday, May 06, 2010
Math 6 (Class 157)
Lesson Title
Investigation 1: Using Percents
Overview
In today’s class students continue developing of converting between fractions and decimals. In addition, students also continue to work with discounts given as percents.
Textbook Sections
Problem 1.3 (Txt. p.9) Finding Bargains
Vocabulary
tiling
regular polygon
polygon
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
angle ruler
precisely
vertex
Key Attitudes
Willingness to work as a group to help meet individual and group goals.
Enduring Understandings
Changes in various parameters have specific effects on graphs of parent functions in the coordinate plane.
Essential Question
What makes an estimate reasonable?
What makes an answer exact?
What makes a strategy both effective and efficient?
Key Knowledge
A sale price can be expressed as a percent discount.
Key Skills
I can compute a final price of an item including a discount and sales tax.
I can use my calculating skills to compare different “bargains”.
Turn-In (#-1)
§ (Txt. p.)
Handouts
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Assignment
Out of 10^x Lesson 3, Last two problems
Disclaimer- The assignment as stated in class is the official assignment. Every effort is made to keep this posting accurate, but you should refer to what was stated in class as the final word.
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