Supermarket Sum-up

Worksheet Description

It’s a colorful activity featuring a Whole Foods Market receipt, with details such as the store location, items purchased with prices, a subtotal, tax, and the total amount. The receipt is from a purchase made on May 25, 2024, and includes a variety of items such as organic produce, grass-fed beef, and Fair Trade coffee. Questions accompanying the receipt prompt students to calculate the combined cost of specific items, determine the cost per ounce of an item, add up the total amount paid including tax, count the number of organic items, and identify the cashier’s name.

The worksheet serves to enhance students’ skills in reading and understanding the components of a receipt, performing arithmetic operations with unit prices, and calculating totals with tax. It encourages the identification and differentiation of organic versus non-organic items, highlighting consumer literacy in the context of grocery shopping. Additionally, the worksheet helps in reinforcing the skill of extracting specific information from text, in this case, a cashier’s name from a receipt. It’s a practical math exercise that also subtly introduces concepts of eco-conscious consumerism.