Compass, protractor, worksheets provided by the teacher, rule, pen, pencil, paper, blackboard, overhead projector and field trip to Bayside mall. One week prior to class, teacher will review percents and will assign a field trip to Bayside mall.
Students are to fill the cost and percent columns with the actual dollar cost and percent.
Next class, teacher will review the worksheets, and will call one group to the blackboard to explain what they bought, how much it cost and to show how they obtained the required percents. The teacher will proceed with the class selecting at random one group's worksheet. The teacher will write a proportion to find the number of degrees that clothing represents in a circle, teacher will mention that there are 360 degrees in a circle. 360 represents the total number of degrees in a circle. On the overhead projector, the teacher will draw a 3 in.