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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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 6.3.5.11; 6.3.6.2 · solving percent problems, and moving between fractions, decimals and percents

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    What percent of the bar is shaded?

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  2. Question 2

    Which decimal is equal to 36%?

    • 36
    • 3.6
    • 0.036
    • 0.36

  3. Question 3

    What is 75% of 152?

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  4. Question 4

    Noah already has $20 and saves $10 each week. A new pair of skates costs $70. How many weeks until Noah can buy it?

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  5. Question 5

    A pair of running shoes costs $88. It is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?

    👟25% off
    • $63
    • $66
    • $22
    • $110

  6. Question 6

    Which is the better buy for muffins?

    • Both cost the same per muffin
    • 8 for $6
    • 6 for $4.80

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