Percent Applications Road Trip Budget Project | 7th Grade Math PBL

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A 5-day, no-prep Project-Based Learning unit where 7th graders plan a 3-day road trip — applying every percent application in 7.RP.A.3 to real financial decisions. Tax, tip, discount, markup, commission, simple interest, fees, percent change, and percent error all show up in the context of one trip students actually care about.

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• Branded cover + auto-generated Table of Contents • Teacher Overview with 7.RP.A.3 alignment matrix • 5-Day Pacing Guide with daily "I can…" learning targets • Editable State Sales-Tax Reference Table (all 50 states + DC) • Simple-Interest Calculator Template (I = P × r × t) • 12-page Student Project Packet (Days 0–5) • Written Reflection Template with sentence frames • Travel Agent Pitch Planner (3-minute summative presentation) • Differentiated Version for struggling learners (scaffolded sentence frames, fewer problems, visual diagrams) • Extension Menu for advanced learners (6 challenges with bonus points) • 4-Criterion Analytic Rubric (Accuracy / Reasoning / Justification / Presentation) + letter-grade conversion • Complete Answer Key with annotated sample student exemplars • Travel Agent Pitch Presentation Guide (room setup, timing, scoring) • Review request page

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✔ Sales tax (multi-state comparison) ✔ Tip / gratuity (pre-tax vs post-tax, split-the-bill) ✔ Discount / markdown (group rates, BOGO analysis) ✔ Markup (souvenir pricing analysis) ✔ Commission (gas station, travel agent) ✔ Simple interest (I = P × r × t rental-car loan) ✔ Fees (rental-car fine print) ✔ Percent increase / decrease (planned vs actual) ✔ Percent error (fuel-economy estimate)

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Day 1 — Sales Tax on Snacks & Travel Gear Day 2 — Restaurant Meals & Tip Day 3 — Attraction Tickets, Group Discounts & Markup Day 4 — Commission & Simple-Interest Loan Day 5 — Percent of Change, Percent Error & Travel Agent Pitch

Each day = 45–50 minutes. Mini-lesson + worked example + 4 student problems + misconception callout.

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✦ EVERY percent application in 7.RP.A.3 — not just tax and tip ✦ Editable tax table means you can refresh rates every year ✦ Differentiated version built in — no extra prep for your IEP/504/MTSS students ✦ Rubric makes grading defensible and fast (~6 min per packet after calibration) ✦ Answer key shows WORKED SOLUTIONS + annotated student exemplars, not just final answers ✦ The Travel Agent Pitch replaces a traditional unit test with a performance task ✦ Print-ready PDF + Slides-ready layout for 1:1 classrooms

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• 1 print-ready PDF (US Letter, 55+ pages, vector quality, all fonts embedded) • Editable in any PDF annotator or copy-paste into Google Slides • State tax table is fully editable — update with your local rates

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• 7th grade math percent applications unit • 6th grade accelerated / 8th grade review • End-of-year cumulative project • PBL / real-world math block • Financial literacy units • Sub plans (full answer key included) • Homeschool co-op math • Summer school credit recovery

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