Read a sales tax chart.
Grade Level: Grades 3-5
Subjects: Math, Language Arts, Vocational Skills
Learner Outcomes:
The Student will be able to:
Read a sales tax chart.
Figure the sales tax on a given amount using a calculator.
Understand that not all states have the same sales tax percentage.
Duration Of Lesson: 2 - 3 days (40 - 45 minute session)
Materials:
Sales
Tax Chart for each student
Calculators
for each student
Sales
tax fun sheet for each student
Overhead
calculator Which may be purchased through enasco.com
( Item # TB18659T)
Magazines
and/or pictures of items the students would want to purchase
Paper
and pencils for each student
Technology Tools/Courseware:
Computer
with internet access
Overhead
projector
Calculators
Overhead
calculator
AAAmath.com
Teacher Notes:
An "Acceptable Use Policy Form" signed for every student (If applicable)
Each student needs a copy of the Sales Tax Chart
and Fun Sheet
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Procedures:
Day 1:
1. Explain to students what sales tax is, how it is used, and why
they are
charged tax when they purchase something.
2. Practice finding the sales tax for a specific amount using the
sales tax chart.
3. The teacher will demonstrate how to figure sales tax using an overhead
calculator. After several step by step examples allow the students
to figure
sales tax on a given amount using a calculator then checking it against
the chart.
4. The students will compute the sales tax fun sheet.
Day 2:
1. Review how to find sales tax using the Sales Tax Chart and a calculator.
2. Divide the students into groups of four. Have one
group working on the
computer while the other groups participate in the activity. In the activity,
two students will be cashiers and two will be customers. The students may
purchase items made from magazine pictures, pictures the students have
drawn, or use the menus from the previous lesson. The cashier will figure
the amount of sales tax due, by using a calculator or the sales tax chart,
on
the purchase made. Rotate a group of four onto the computer to use
aaamath.com
to figure sales tax.
3. Have students take turns purchasing items, calculating the subtotal
and adding
sales tax.
Modifications:
Special needs students will be paired with another student to enable success.
If there is an adequate number of computers, all students may be involved
in
working on the computer at the same time.
Enrichment Activities:
Enrichment Center: Provide
books dealing with money.
Have the students find the sales tax rate for other states.
Evaluation/Assessment:
Teacher
Observation
On-line worksheet
assessment
Sales
Tax fun sheet
West Virginia IGO's:
Language Arts: 3.38, 3.47, 4.20, 4.31, 4.46, 4.48, 4.56, 4.93, 5.2, 5.4
Math: 3.47, 3.48, 3.49, 3.53, 4.18, 4.48, 4.50, 4.54, 5.10, 5.14, 5.16
Process/Workplace:
PW.9, PW.17, PW.18, PW.27, PW.34, PW.36
National Standards:
Language Arts:
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Math:
Uses
a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process
Uses basic and advanced
procedures while performing the processes of computation
Life Skills:
Displays effective
interpersonal communication skills
Contributes
to the overall effort of a group
References:
www.aaamath.com
www.enasco.com
West Virginia
Consumers Sales Tax Chart
Authors:
Marcia
Davis
Linda
Bias
Brenda
Horne
Cox
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