Tips
Discounts
Time
Word Problems
Mathematizing
100
The percentage amount you should leave your waiter or waitress if they have done a good job.
15%-20%
100
How is the last step different when figuring out the discount on an item than figuring out a tip?
You subtract money from the total instead of adding.
100
How many minutes are in an hour?
60 min
100
Joan's groceries cost a total of $3.87. She brought $6.25. How much money will she have left over?
$2.38
100
Name one step on the mathematizing sheet
Answers vary
200
15% of a $60.00 tab
$9.00
200
What is the amount of money you take off if you see a 50% off sign on a $30.00 pair of shoes?
$15.00
200
How many minutes is half of an hour?
30 minutes
200
Cindy has a collection of colorful paper clips. She has 532 yellow paper clips, 316 red paper clips, 186 green paper clips, 87 blue paper clips, and 45 purple paper clips. How many more yellow paper clips than green does she have?
346 more
200
Do the first step in mathematizing for this problem: Joe is opening a pet store. He has 9 turtles, 14 snails, and 24 goldfish that he will put into fish tanks around the store. Joe has 3 tanks for goldfish. If Joe puts the same numer of goldfish in each tank, how many goldfish will be in each tank?
How many gold fish will be in each tank if he has 3 tanks of 24 goldfish
300
If your total bill comes to $35.00 and you want to leave a 20% tip how much will you pay total?
$42.00
300
What are the three steps to figuring out the discount if the original price of an item is $17.75 and the discount is 30%?
1. 30 / 100 = .30 2. .30 X $17.75 =$5.33 3. $17.75-$5.33 =$12.42
300
How many minutes is 2 hours and 12 minutes?
132 minutes
300
Pencils come in packages of 6. If Kevin buys 4 packages, how many pencils will he have?
24 pencils
400
You want to leave at least a 10% tip because your server was just "okay." Your total was $12.00 how much tip will you leave?
$1.20
400
How much is a pair of shoes that are originally $25.00 and now are 15% off?
$21.25
400
A movie starts at 7:20pm and lasts 2 hours long. When will the movie end?
9:20pm
400
Ms. K has 21 students in her math class. She splits her class into 3 groups. How many students are in each group?
7 students
400
What do we know about this problem?
Joe has: 9 turtles 14 snails 24 goldfish and 3 tanks for goldfish
500
You and your friend are eating at applebees. You decide to split the bill and tip. Your total comes to $34.00. You decide to leave a 15% tip. How much will each of you pay?
$19.55
500
Whenever you see a 50% off sign what is a short cut you can take to figure out the price?
Divide the total price by 2
500
You need to be to school at 9:00am and it takes you 15 minutes to get ready and 5 minutes to get to school. How early should you get up?
8:40am
500
What is the number 6, 753 written in expanded form?
6,000 + 700+50+3
500
How can you solve the problem?
Answers will vary
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