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RCN Lesson 22: Book Fair Solve Multi-step Word Problems

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9 questions
Develop Understanding
Today's Learning Goal: (G5, U5, L26)
  • Add and subtract decimals to the hundredths using strategies based on place value.
  • Multiply decimals with products resulting in the hundredths using place value reasoning and properties of operations.
Today's Materials:
  • Laptop
  • Laptop charger
  • Pen/Pencil/Paper (optional)
Please complete the Jump Start (activator). You have 5 minutes before we review. This is independent it should be silent.
Reminders:
1. Ready for class
2. No cellphones
3. Volume must be low.
4. Read and follow all directions
5.) Take your bag off and immediately begin the Activator.

Jump Start: What do you notice? What do you wonder? (5 min)

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What do you Notice and Wonder?

Launch: Mini Lesson - (10 min)


I'll Try question 2

We'll Try question 3

You Try! question 4

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Sam has a job mowing lawns around his neighborhood. Each month he spends $14 on gas and mows 5 lawns (charging $10 per lawn mowed). How much profit does Sam earn month?

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A chef bought 8 bags of apples for $33. Each bag had 7 apples, but he had to throw away 2 apples because they were rotten. How many good apples did the chef end up with?

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Haley bought 6 boxes of candy on sale. Since each box had 8 pieces of candy inside of it, she decides to give Luke 18 pieces. How many pieces of candy would Haley have left after giving Luke his pieces?

Activity 1: Book Drive-(20min)

Groups of 2.

Two schools buy science books for $8 from a publisher to sell at their book sale. School A sells the books for $12. School B sells the books for $12.90.
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Who do you think sells more science books? Why?

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How much profit does each school make if they each sell 35 books?

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School B sells 10 science books. How many science books does School A have to sell to raise about the same amount of profit?

Activity 2: Plan a Book Fair

Groups of 2.

Plan a Book Fair:

Plan a Book Fair:
  1. Choose 3–5 types of books you want to sell
  2. Imagine you are selling exactly 15 books total at the book fair. Write a structured list or table of how many of each type of book you choose.
  3. What is the total price for you to purchase the 15 books?
  4. Now, decide how much you would like to sell each book for. How much profit would you make if you sold all books?

Lesson Synthesis - (5 min)

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Today, you planned a book fair and made assumptions to make decisions about the book fair.
How did the assumptions you made affect your plan or the money raised at the book fair?

Cool Down: Multi-step Word Problems - (5 min)

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On the home screen of Olivia's iPhone, she had 6 rows of apps with 8 apps on each row. If she deleted 19 apps, how many apps would she have left on her homescreen.

Closure Questions:

What is profit?
What is the formula for profit?
What is the profit if the original cost of a book $10 and was sold for $18?
Name a real-life scenario where this used?