To estimate the cost of the building and parking structure. To have students explore number sense in relation to the total costTo estimate the cost of the building and parking structure. To have students explore number sense in relation to the total cost. Standards 6th Grade 1.0 Students compare and order positive and negative fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers.
Students solve problems involving fractions, ratios, proportions, and percentages.
Use cross-multiplication as a method for solving such problems, understanding it as the multiplication of both sides of an equation by a multiplicative inverse. 1.6 Calculate the percentage of increases and decreases of a quantity. Write the cost of the building in scientific notation. Write the cost of the parking structure in scientific notation. Using the scientific notation form of each cost, multiply the cost of the building and the parking structure and leave the product in scientific notation.