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Bargain Hunter Percentage Game
5 6 Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities Mathematics Fractions & Decimals Money 3 Pages

Bargain Hunter Percentage Game

The Bargain Hunter Percentage Game was created for Year 6 and supports students to calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise that 100% represents a whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative percentages visually, e.g. shading a hundreds grid and connect percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents.
  • We are learning to compare, order and represent common fractions including halves, thirds and quarters on the same number line and justify their order.
  • We are learning to make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
  • We are learning to solve problems that require finding a familiar fraction, decimal or percentage of a quantity, including percentage discounts, choosing the best strategies.
  • We are learning to estimate and approximate solutions to problems involving rational numbers and percentages.
  • We are learning to investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies.

Curriculum alignment

MA3-1WM old Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions MA3-2WM old Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations MA3-3WM old Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another MA3-7NA old Compares, orders and calculates with fractions, decimals and percentages MA3-GM-02 new Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances including perimeters MA3-RQF-02 new Determines 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/10 of measures and quantities MA3-RQF-01 new Compares and orders fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 MA3-MR-02 new Constructs and completes number sentences involving multiplicative relations, applying the order of operations to calculations MA3-MR-01 new Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve multiplication and division problems MA3-AR-01 new Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems MA3-RN-03 new Determines percentages of quantities, and finds equivalent fractions and decimals for benchmark percentage values MA3-RN-02 new Compares and orders decimals up to 3 decimal places MA3-RN-01 new Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to represent the properties of numbers
VCMNA214 Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers VCMNA218 Investigate and calculate percentage discounts of 10%, 25% and 50% on sale items, with and without digital technologies VCMNA213 Find a simple fraction of a quantity where the result is a whole number, with and without digital technologies VCMNA211 Compare fractions with related denominators and locate and represent them on a number line VCMNA217 Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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