Shop for the Sales Spreadsheet
for intermediate grade students

Whether you are preparing for the holidays, or trying to get some post-holiday bargains, use your math know-how to compare deals. Set up a spreadsheet to use to compare the original retail price to different percentages off. Use it to see how much money you will save if you do buy something on sale 10% off, 20% off and so on. Column A is the item, B the original prices, and C-G are the different percentages off. To create the formula to find out how much you save you should multiply (*) the original price (column B) by .10, .20, .30, .40, etc. This will then display the amount of money that you save, not the actual cost of the item.

You may want to use the ads in your local paper, or the Internet to get your data. After you’ve found where the deals are, write a tip sheet to your friends on how to find the best shopping deals.

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