W05 Math Lesson: Division and Percentages

Overview 

Task: Study and work through the following math lesson AND complete the Math Gathering Activity prior to Gathering.

Last week you learned about multiplication and division. This week you will continue to learn more about division and how division and multiplication are related to percentages. You will also learn how to use Excel as a calculator.

Making a Connection: Division and Percentages

Imagine you want to buy something that is on sale for a certain percentage off the original price. How can you figure out how much it will cost now that it is on sale? This is just one of many applications for the material in this lesson. As you go through the lesson, think of other applications you have seen in your life.


PC Resource Center button Excel Exercise

Throughout this course, you will be completing assignments using Microsoft Excel. Before beginning your Math Lesson, take some time to learn or improve on your Excel skills. Complete the following activity:

Excel Exercise Links to an external site.

Math Instruction and Practice

This math lesson is broken into several mini-lessons, each containing a lot of material. Be sure to start early in the week in case you need extra time to study and practice. To save you time and quickly discover which concepts you need more help with, you may first take the math exercises quiz. If you choose a wrong answer on any quiz question, you will receive feedback linking to lessons you can study to improve your skills in that area. You may take these quizzes as many times as you like until the due date in order to improve your score.

All the mini-lessons to help you improve your skills in this week's Math concepts are linked below, located in the PathwayConnect Resource Center Links to an external site.. If you still need help after going through the available materials, there are suggestions at the bottom of each lesson page to get more help.

Week 5 Math Gathering Activity

Each week you will have a math gathering activity which you will discuss with your gathering. Here is the question for this week’s gathering.

Assume the following pie chart represents your spending over one month. The total income for the month is $1798.62. The “Not Used” category is money left over.

Pie chart of monthly expenses. Accessible version available below.

Download W05 Math Gathering Activity Pie Chart Accessible Version

Questions:

  1. Of all the monthly expenses, which one is the largest percentage of the total?
  2. What percentage of the month’s income is rent? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
  3. Assuming your monthly planned budget estimates you will spend 25% on food. Did you stay within budget this month?