Profit always seems to get everyone's attention. The same is true during a lesson plan on estimation. Learners use given information to estimate the cost of supplies for a painting job. They then develop a strategy for estimating the profit from the job while considering the difference in the estimated and actual costs.

Concepts

estimating sums, cost, profit, rounding

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the lesson as a performance task for a unit on estimation and rounding
• Review the pros and cons of rounding for estimation prior to the activity

Classroom Considerations

• Requires an Internet connection to access the lesson video

Pros

• Includes two variations of an assessment for differentiation
• Adaptable to different grade levels

Cons

• None

Common Core

7.RP.A.3