Cozy Café CostsTax, Tip and Discount Project

Mission

•You are on a mission to find out who has the best meal deal from either Mom’s Café in Justin, TX or Dove Creek Café in Roanoke, TX

•You can only spend a maximum of $15.00

Menus

Click on the names below to access their online menus

Mom’s Café

Dove Creek Café

Place Your Order

Make a list of the items you want to order. It must include:•1 appetizer or side dish

•1 entrée

•1 drink

•1 dessert

Who Has the Best Prices?

•The items you pick from each restaurant must be similar to each other so you can make a cost comparison in the end

Discount

•Once you have picked out your items, you need to pick out one coupon to apply to your total costs for Mom’s Cafe. Then choose a different coupon to apply to your total costs for Dove Creek Café.

•Remember: You want to make it the best deal with each restaurant.

•Find your new total cost.

Coupons

Buy an appetizer or side item that is $3.50 or greater and

receive a free drinkPay only $1.25 for any soft

drink

%10 off your entire bill before tax

$1.00 off any appetizer

%15 off any entrée Buy an entrée that is $5.00 or greater and receive $1.00 off any

dessert

Tax

•Once you have found your cost for each bill after the discount, apply a tax rate of 8.25%.

•Find your new total for each bill.

•Who has a better deal? Why?

Tip

•Using the original cost of your bill, (the cost before adding tax), you will need to find a 15% tip based on each bill.

•Describe the process you use to figure out the tip. What is the tip amount for each restaurant?

Presentation

•You will present your information by either making a poster (full sheet of construction paper) or power point displaying all required elements

RubricMath - Problem Solving : Percents (Tax, Tip, Discount, and Sale Price

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1Mathematical Concepts Explanation shows

complete understanding of the mathematical concepts used to solve the problem(s).

Explanation shows substantial understanding of the mathematical concepts used to solve the problem(s).

Explanation shows some understanding of the mathematical concepts needed to solve the problem(s).

Explanation shows very limited understanding of the underlying concepts needed to solve the problem(s) OR is not written.

Mathematical Reasoning Uses complex and refined mathematical reasoning.

Uses effective mathematical reasoning

Some evidence of mathematical reasoning.

Little evidence of mathematical reasoning.

Explanation Explanation is detailed and clear.

Explanation is clear. Explanation is a little difficult to understand, but includes critical components.

Explanation is difficult to understand and is missing several components OR was not included.

Mathematical Terminology and Notation

Correct terminology and notation are always used, making it easy to understand what was done.

Correct terminology and notation are usually used, making it fairly easy to understand what was done.

Correct terminology and notation are used, but it is sometimes not easy to understand what was done.

There is little use, or a lot of inappropriate use, of terminology and notation.

Mathematical Errors 90-100% of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors.

Almost all (85-89%) of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors.

Most (75-84%) of the steps and solutions have no mathematical errors.

More than 75% of the steps and solutions have mathematical errors.