Eighth grade classes took a field trip to the nearby Livingston Mall to apply their knowledge of discounts and sales tax to actual real life scenarios. They completed a unit on percents and decided as a class to assess their understanding by putting it to the real life test instead of a written test. They figured out how much items cost after reading the sale signs and computing the sale prices. (No one hesitated to figure out the tax on their kosher cinnabon rolls they purchased after they shopped).