Pete's Pizza

Create an ad for a pizza parlor by choosing elements and adjusting their sizes through percent calculations.

Subject: Mathematics
Topics: Percent
Grades: 5 - 8
Knowledge and Skills:
- Can solve problems of the form x% of a = b when any two of the factors are known.

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AdvertisingCreating an Advertising Campaign

If you asked Jessica Shulman about her job as a graphic designer, she’d probably tell you she has the most fun job out there. It is a creative field that requires an understanding of ratios, percents and geometry.
Running time 3:53 minutes.

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