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The Shoe Sale

By Fawn | Published: May 1, 2016

(On a side note, I’m not sure what I love more, my left foot or Google Classroom.) This problem is from Peter Liljedahl’s site. The Shoe Sale You decide to take advantage of a buy 2 pair get 1 pair of equal or lesser value for free sale at the local shoe store. The problem is […]

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Discount and Sales Tax

By Fawn | Published: April 22, 2014

Instead of doing the above exercises in our textbook, I had my 6th graders do this: Shopping Contest at Target Let’s pretend Target has a contest. The contest is for shoppers to find merchandise from their online store. Contest rules You must choose at least 10 different items. The items must come from at least 5 […]

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