Strand: Number
Keywords: Mental percentage discounts 20% 10% 5% contextual problem solving using and applying
Topic: Percentages
Level: 5b
Description: A real life problem solving activity involving calculating percentage discounts mentally. This resource can be used in a variety of ways - students can simply deduct the percentage from each price or alternatively they can work out what the original price could have been if they had already had the discount applied. Student could also try to find the total cost of a shopping list and what overall percentage discount they had received.