Scalped!
When you buy a concert ticket where does the money go?
Students will
- Watch a video of someone purchasing a concert ticket online, and determine how much the website is charging for the ticket and various fees
- Given the purchase price, calculate the percent of total cost that the face value and various fees represent
- Use percentages to estimate a ticket’s face value based on its purchase price
- Examine the effect of ticket resellers on purchase price
- Discuss the current system of purchasing concert tickets and make suggestions to improve the process
Before you begin
Students should know how to calculate percent given the part and the whole, e.g. $87 is what percent of $128.10, and also calculate a value given the percent and the whole, e.g. what is 68% of $128.10?Common Core Standards
Content Standards
Mathematical Practices
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Additional Materials
- Colored pencils (optional)
Shoutouts
Taylor Swift, scalpers
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