---
title: Thanks for the Tip! Using Percentages
description: Students will use percentages in order to determine how much to tip while creating a fun, mathematical comic.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thanks_for_the_tip-001.png
---

**Subject: Math**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins**

**Topic: Ratios and Proportional Relationships; Ratio and Percentage**

**Grade Level: 7**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.RP.A.3](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Math_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will use percentages in order to determine how much to tip.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should be familiar with solving multi-step problems involving **ratios** and **percentages**. This could serve as an informal assessment mid-unit.

**Hook:**

- Have students read the sample comic and work through the steps needed to solve Cirrus’s tipping problem. Regroup as a class to discuss answers.

**Activity:**

- Engage students in a discussion about what a tip is and why we give them.
- Ask students for different real-life scenarios where they or their parents have provided someone with a tip.
- Students will create a five-panel comic telling a story about a situation where they need to provide a tip. Students should include:

**Closure:**

- Share and discuss the completed comics.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Provide sentence frames for the story. 
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Provide the option for ELL students to tell the story in their home language.
- Provide the bill total for students as needed.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/q9s90ji).

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1882783648000933888/thumbnail.png) Restaurant ](https://content.pixton.com/restaurant)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2000163438120759296/thumbnail.png) Mall ](https://content.pixton.com/mall)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1665077182017544192/thumbnail.png) Shopping ](https://content.pixton.com/shopping)

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