Exploring fractions through spending money

As part of Classroom Enterprising, students were really excited about spending their salaries and decorating their bedrooms. I found this awesome website called https://roomstyler.com/. The students were able to log in and use their scale and measurements from their dreamhouse to create a bedroom.

Phase 1: Identifying the attribute

What does 50% mean in this context? What is a percentage? Let’s look at some examples. What is the connection between this and your chance of rolling each of the numbers? What is 50% as a decimal? Why?

To add to the excitement, the Bedroom Blitz Bonanza Sale would be running during the session. Every 10 minutes a sale would begin offering the chance for a huge discount. To get the discount, students needed to lock in a particular product by writing it on their spreadsheet, come to the bargain zone and grab a dice.