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6th grade · Math · Unit 4 of 17

Percents & Budgets

Discounts, deals and saving

What your child practices

Finding percents of amounts, working out sale prices and savings, comparing unit prices to find the better buy, and planning a simple budget and savings goal.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: 6.RP.A.3 · solving percent and rate problems with ratio reasoning

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Percent means out of 100.
  2. Find 10% by dividing by 10. Find 1% by dividing by 100.
  3. For a discount, find the percent of the price, then subtract it.

Example: A $40 shirt is 25% off. What is the sale price? 25% is one quarter: $40 ÷ 4 = $10 off. $40 − $10 = $30. Answer: $30

Percents & Budgets in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 4 of 17 in 6th grade Math, after Decimal × and ÷ and before Patterns & Graphs.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Maine Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is the better buy for granola bars?

    • 5 for $6.75
    • 9 for $13.05
    • Both cost the same per granola bar

  2. Question 2

    What is 75% of 224?

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  3. Question 3

    Ana buys a backpack that normally costs $30. The store takes 20% off. How many dollars does Ana save?

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  4. Question 4

    Which decimal is equal to 97%?

    • 97
    • 0.097
    • 0.97
    • 9.7

  5. Question 5

    Ana already has $40 and saves $5 each week. A bike costs $90. How many weeks until Ana can buy it?

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  6. Question 6

    What percent of the bar is shaded?

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