Cozy Café Costs Tax, 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 drink Pay only $1.25 for any soft drink %10 off your entire bill before tax$1.00 off any appetizer %15 off any entréeBuy 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

Rubric Math - Problem Solving : Percents (Tax, Tip, Discount, and Sale Price Student Name: ________________________________________ CATEGORY4321 Mathematical ConceptsExplanation 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 ReasoningUses complex and refined mathematical reasoning. Uses effective mathematical reasoning Some evidence of mathematical reasoning. Little evidence of mathematical reasoning. ExplanationExplanation 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 Errors90-100% 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.