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LESSON PLAN
Financial Literacy — Best Buys
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Apothem Team
Grade 8 · Financial Literacy
LESSON AT A GLANCE
Warm-up
5 min
Instruction
15 min
Guided practice
15 min
Independent work
12 min
Exit ticket
3 min
Warm-up
Show two package sizes of the same product and ask students to guess which is the better value before calculating.
Instruction
Guided practice
Independent work
Exit ticket
Students solve best-buy problems from flyers. Exit ticket: one unit-price comparison with a short justification.
TIP Use real flyers — authentic prices make the reasoning matter and surface messy unit conversions.
WORKED EXAMPLES
A 750 g jar costs 6.80. Which is the better buy?
0.0060/g; 0.0057/g. The 1.2 kg jar is the better buy.
A $12 item has a 'buy one get one 50% off' deal for two. What is the price per item?
Two cost 6 = 9 each.
MATERIALS
•Grocery flyers or mock price tags
•Calculators
•Practice worksheet (PDF)
•Board or projector
WATCH FOR
!Comparing prices without converting to the same unit (g vs kg).
!Assuming the bigger package is always cheaper per unit.