Unit 4 · Culminating Projects
Percents & Rates in the Real World
Two project versions that pull together everything from Unit 4 — unit rates, unit price comparisons, percent of a number, percent discounts, sales tax, tip calculations, and measurement unit conversions using rate reasoning. Pick one, or run them as differentiated options. Each is self-guided, interactive, and printable.
Choose Your Version
Two Ways to Show Mastery
🛍️ Pop-Up Shop Owner
Launch your own pop-up shop: mark up a cost price to set a selling price, apply a weekend discount to find the sale price, add sales tax for the final total, convert between fraction/decimal/percent forms, and pick the best promotional deal for your customers.
Version B · Real-World Investigation🛒 Smart Shopper Showdown
Become the savviest shopper around: compare package unit prices to find the better buy, evaluate percent-off deals across two stores, calculate a restaurant tip, and use rate reasoning to convert measurement units — then write your shopping verdict.
For the Teacher
How to Use These Projects
Standards: 6.RP.2 (unit rates), 6.RP.3b (unit price / better buy), 6.RP.3c (percent of a number, discounts, tax, fraction-decimal-percent conversions), 6.RP.3d (measurement unit conversion using rate reasoning).
Both versions are parallel. They assess the same rate and percent skills through different real-world contexts, so you can assign Version A and Version B to different students and grade on the same rubric (built into each project). Great for choice boards, make-up work, or A/B class sections.
Built in: live calculators with instant feedback, a sticky progress bar, hints for scaffolding, a written deliverable, a student checklist, a 3-point rubric, and a print button so students can turn in a finished plan.
Answer key: Open the teacher answer key for both versions.