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The Lowdown — Percents Combined: Proportional Relationships with Multistep Ratio and Percent Problems Instructional VideoThe Lowdown — Percents Combined: Proportional Relationships with Multistep Ratio and Percent Problems Instructional Video
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PBS
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5th - Higher Ed
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The Lowdown — Percents Combined: Proportional Relationships with Multistep Ratio and Percent Problems

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Multiple discounts are always a good thing. Viewers of an informative video see how to calculate sale prices by applying multiple percent discounts. They also learn to determine the resulting total percent discount by multiplying ratios.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

percents, ratios, discounts, multi-step problems

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have learners create their own multi-step percent problems to share with the class

Classroom Considerations

  • Pupils must have experience with ratios
  • Familiarity with finding discounts is a prerequisite
  • One installment of The Lowdown: Real-World Math series

Pros

  • Interesting graphics hold viewer interest
  • Provides supporting materials for the activity

Cons

  • None

Common Core

7.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.3

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