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Skate and Climb: What the Forms Reveal

Interpret equivalent expressions to compare gym memberships, explain discounts, and understand climbing-route changes.

Grade 7MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to7.EE.A.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

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What students practice

Students interpret equivalent expressions to explain membership costs and savings.
Students rewrite expressions to identify percent changes and relationships among route quantities.
Students distinguish expressions that apply a discount to different parts of a total.

How to use

Have students identify what each term represents before rewriting. Use the final question to discuss why parentheses matter when applying discounts.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

7.EE.A.2

See how rewriting an expression in another form shows how quantities relate, such as a + 0.05a = 1.05a for a 5% raise.

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Skate and Climb: What the Forms Reveal

Rewrite expressions to uncover costs, savings, and route changes.

Membership Meanings

Use equivalent forms to explain what each cost expression reveals. All prices are in dollars.

A skate and climbing gym charges p dollars for a monthly membership. A student pays p − 0.12p, which can be rewritten as 0.88p. What does 0.88 reveal?

A. The student pays $0.88 less than the regular price.
B. The student pays 88% more than the regular price.
C. The student pays 88% of the regular price.
D. The student pays 12% of the regular price.

Four friends each buy a membership costing p dollars and a required wrist guard costing $6. Their total is 4(p + 6) = 4p + 24.

Which amount in the expanded form represents the total wrist-guard cost? $

A climbing wall has n holds. Staff add one-fourth as many holds as it originally had. Which expression shows the new total as a multiple of the original number?