These scaffolded notes and formulas are designed to help students to understand the concept of buying goods with DISCOUNTS.

This resource contains

• 2 pages of Discount scaffolded note and formulas (Fill in the blanks). Teacher and students go through the notes together to complete the notes.

• 2 pages of Discount scaffolded note and formulas (Filled Notes). 

The notes are in grayscale and colours.

• Lesson notes + examples, worksheets and answer keys for students to learn the concept of purchasing goods with discounts.

• There are two styles of notes:

  1. the notes with examples without solutions (Fill in the blanks). Teacher and students go through the notes together finding the solutions for each example.

  2. the notes with examples and solutions. Students study the notes by themselves or in groups before completing the worksheets.

Level of Difficulty: Beginner (Easy)

Grades: 8th to 11th

Learning Outcomes: 

• Calculate the amount of discounts

• Calculate the buying cost after discounts (sale price)

• Compare the costs of purchasing goods before and after discounts

• Finding the discount as a percentage of the marked price

• Finding the original (market) price

Use mathematical strategies to solve problems involving purchasing goods with discounts.

Level of Difficulty: Advanced

Grades: 8th to 11th

Key learning: Students

• calculate discounts, sale price and original price (as percentages or in dollars)

• Find the discount as a percentage of the marked price

• Find the required percentage increase to take the discounted price back to the original price

Use mathematical strategies to solve problems involving purchasing goods with successive discounts. (Working mathematically)

The sequence of successive discounts tasks:

1. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts Task 1: Finding the single discount rate equivalent to successive discounts. (Working mathematically)

2. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts Task 2:

• Comparing successive discounts and single discount of the same percentage.

• Comparing variety of successive discounts.

• Finding Best Buys using successive discounts

(Applying Strategies, Working Mathematically and Communicating)

Level of Difficulty: Advanced

Grades: 8th to 11th

Learning Outcomes: 

• use percentages to solve problems involving successive discounts

• find the single discount rate equivalent to successive discounts. (Working mathematically)

Apply mathematical strategies to solve problems involving purchasing goods with successive discounts.

The sequence of successive discounts tasks:

1. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts Task 1: Finding the single discount rate equivalent to successive discounts. (Working mathematically)

2. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts Task 2:

• Comparing successive discounts and single discount of the same percentage.

• Comparing variety of successive discounts.

• Finding Best Buys using successive discounts

(Applying Strategies, Working Mathematically and Communicating)

Level of Difficulty: Advanced

Grades: 8th to 11th

Learning Outcomes: 

• Use percentages to solve problems involving successive discounts

• Compare successive discounts and single discount of the same percentage.

• Compare variety of successive discounts.

• Find Best Buys using successive discounts

Purchasing Goods with Discount Lessons: Scaffolded Notes, worksheets, Pair tasks in ONE bundle!

The bundle includes:

1. Purchasing Goods – Discount | Scaffolded Note and Formulas

2. Purchasing Goods with Discounts | Flipbook | Beginner

3. Purchasing Goods with Discounts | Flipbook | Advanced

4. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts | Pair Task 1

5. Purchasing Goods with Successive Discounts | Pair Task 2

Consumer Math flipbooks to learn and understand methods of purchasing goods with cash or on a lay-by plan.

The flipbook comes in 2 styles.

• Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank notes and worksheets.

• Style 2: Cover, completed notes and worksheets.

Total pages in each flipbook: 13

Easy classroom preparation: Just print and glue each page in students’ notebooks or staple all pages together to make a flipbook.

Answer keys and students' folded notes are also included.

• Before students complete the worksheets, the teacher and students complete the example questions. Teacher displays the fill in the blank examples on transparency or whiteboard or uses Easel activity (included)

Students use a pen or type to complete the Easel activity.

Level of Difficulty: Beginner (Easy)

Grades: 5th to 9th

Learning Outcomes: 

• Solve financial problems involving purchasing goods (with cash or a lay-by plan)

• Calculate the amount saved by paying cash.

• Understand the lay-buy (lay-by) method.

• Finding the discount or deposit as a percentage of the marked price

• Finding the original (market) price

• Calculate the lay-buy deposit.

• Calculate each instalment on lay-buy.

Consumer Math flipbooks 

- understand the concept of buying on terms.

- calculate the cost of buying items by paying a deposit and making regular repayments that include simple interest

The flipbook comes in 2 styles.

- Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank notes and worksheets

- Style 2: Cover, completed notes and worksheets

Total pages in each flipbook: 11

Easy classroom preparation: Just print and glue each page in students’ notebooks or staple all pages together to make a flipbook.

Answer keys and students' folded notes are also included.

Fill in the blank scaffolded notes and worksheet 1 are also available in the Easel activity by TPT. The teacher and students complete the activity using an easel pen or typing.

Level of Difficulty: Beginner (Easy)

Grades: 9th to 12th

Learning Outcomes: 

• Solve financial problems involving purchasing goods and simple interest.

• Understand buying on terms.

• Calculate buying on terms deposit.

• Finding the interest charged in dollars or as a percentage of the balance owing.

• Calculate the total cost using buying on terms.

• Calculate the extra pay using the buying on terms method.

• Calculate each regular instalment.

Consumer Math - Discount on Discounted Price Activity

Students apply strategies and work mathematically to calculate the amount paid after two consecutive discounts are applied.

Before students complete the tasks, the teacher and students complete the example question on page 1.

The example is also available in the Easel activity by TPT.

The teacher and students complete the activity using an easel pen or typing.

The activity comes in 2 styles.

• Style 1: Cover, fill in the blank example and tasks.

• Style 2: Cover, filled (completed) example and tasks.

Total pages for each set: 8 pages

Easy classroom preparation: Just print and glue each page in students’ notebooks or staple all pages together to make a flipbook. Solutions are also included.

Level of Difficulty: Beginner (Easy)

Grades: 5th to 9th

Learning Outcomes: 

- Calculating the amount paid after two consecutive discounts are applied

- Calculate the amount saved by paying cash.

- Compare two consecutive discounts and a single discount (the sum of two consecutive discounts) on the original price.

Consumer Math Bundle.

The bundle includes:

1. Consumer Math | Shopping | Cash or Lay-buy

2. Consumer Math | Shopping | Discount on Discounted Price

3. Consumer Math | Shopping | Buying on Terms