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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 7 |
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| Subject: | Math |
| Topic: | Ratios and Proportional Relationships; Ratio and Percentage |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 40 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will use percentages in order to determine how much to tip.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be familiar with solving multi-step problems involving ratios and percentages. This could serve as an informal assessment mid-unit.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- 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.
What will students do?
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Engage students in a discussion about what a tip is and why we give them.
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20% for superior service.
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15% for adequate service.
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10% for unsatisfactory service.
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Ask students for different real-life scenarios where they or their parents have provided someone with a tip.
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Students will create a five-panel comic telling a story about a situation where they need to provide a tip. Students should include:
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The scenario that requires a tip, e.g., restaurant, hair cut, car wash, nail salon, Uber ride, etc.
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The bill total before tip.
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The tip percentage.
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The tip amount.
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The total bill amount including tip.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Share and discuss the completed comics.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Provide sentence frames for the story.
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Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
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Provide the option for ELL students to tell the story in their home language.
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Provide the bill total for students as needed.
Restaurant
Mall
Shopping
