FAST Success Kit: Percent Applications

Teacher Guide

5-10 minute lesson plan

Learning objectives
Common misconceptions
Step-by-step lesson
IXL skill recommendations

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Concept Worksheet

Visual learning + guided practice

Big Idea explanation
Percent increase/decrease
Tax, tip, and discount
Simple interest formula

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Practice Worksheet

Independent practice problems

Calculating percent change
Finding tax and tip amounts
Discount and sale price problems
Simple interest word problems

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FAST Practice Quiz

Test-format questions

Multiple choice questions
Multi-select questions
Mirrors actual FAST format
6 assessment questions

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Parent Activity

10-minute home activities

Restaurant tip calculations
Shopping discount activities
Conversation starters
Spanish summary included

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Answer Keys

Teacher use only

All worksheet answers
Quiz answer explanations
Scoring guide
Intervention suggestions

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About This Kit

This FAST Success Kit is designed to help Grade 7 students master percent applications before taking the Florida FAST assessment. All content is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Standards and fact-checked for accuracy.

Standards Covered:

MA.7.AR.3.1 - Apply previous understanding of operations with positive rational numbers to solve real-world and mathematical problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with positive and negative rational numbers
MA.7.AR.3.2 - Apply previous understanding of ratios to solve real-world problems involving percent increase and percent decrease
MA.7.AR.3.3 - Solve mathematical and real-world problems involving percent, including percent increase, percent decrease, tax, tip, discount, simple interest

Key Concepts: Percent increase, percent decrease, percent change formula, tax calculations, tip calculations, discount and sale price, markup, simple interest (I = Prt)