Performance Task:

Store Manager at Disney

Land

For 5

th

Graders

HELP WANTED Disney Land is looking for a highly qualified person to

run their amusement park store. The official job title is Store Manager. This
job entails a lot
of different
qualifications
and needs that
you must be
able to have and
do in order to
be hired for this
job. There are
many different
characters and
workers in the
park but we
have not found
the right person to oversee our amusement park story where people can
purchase souvenirs from the park! You have applied for the job, and now
you must prepare for your interview. At your interview, you will be expected
to show your understandings of money and counting change including
prices in your head. These understandings are aligned with place value,
which is a MUST to know for this job!
To prepare for your interview, work through the following tasks. Each one
will help you understand a part of what you need to know in order to work
at the park store and will help you become familiar before your first day on
the job, that is if you are hired!
After you complete the tasks, you will make a presentation combining your
skills, knowledge and why you think you are a good fit for this high paying,
fun job! In your presentation, you must include all of your answers to the
tasks you will be completing and how you came to those. Explaining
yourself is an important part of the tasks because it allows you to become
confident in your work.
In your presentation, you must include the following to receive final
consideration for the job:

You must explain your answers to the tasks and how you got to them
You must explain your skills that would make you qualified for the job
You must explain correctly what place value is and give an example
Include anything else that you think would market yourself for the job

Good lucky and I hope you get the job at Disney Land as a Store Manager!

Task 1
Before we can begin working on other tasks, we must first understand
place value and its definition.
What? You said place value means thousands? Well youre on the right
track. It doesnt ALWAYS mean thousands. Maybe it also means hundreds.
What do you think?
I think that place value is the value given to the place or position of a digit in
a number.
Here are few examples:
The place value of 6 in 6,934 is thousands
The place value of 5 in 523,089 is hundred thousands
The place value of 4 in 1035.743 is hundredths

I always find it helpful to use my handy dandy place value chart when
working with numbers. Maybe it would be useful for you to see where
youre placing your numbers too!

Go to this link: http://www.math-play.com/place-value-games.html

Scroll down to the bottom of the page
Click on the link that says Decimals Place Value that has a picture
of a football player next to it.
Read the directions and begin playing the game.
You can use your place value chart during the game if it helps you.
This game will help you brush up on your place value skills for
practice before we move on.
o What happens when you click an incorrect answer?
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o How many passes and answers do you need to move on?
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o What happens if you dont get that number to move on?
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Apply your thinking:

1. Where do we use place value in everyday life?

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2. Why is place value important?
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3. What if we didnt have place value?
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Task 2

Carly has earned $43.94 of tokens playing games at the amusement

center. The store in the amusement center has the following toys for sale.
She plans to get toys and donate them to a local charity for needy children.
The tokens are only good in this store, so she plans to spend all the
tokens. What combinations of toys can she buy in order to spend all the
tokens?

Make a table of the toys Carly can buy and their price. You can use the one
below (or on the separate worksheet) or make a table of your own to
display your work.

Item Carly can buy

Total:

Price of Item

$43.94

1) Does this mean that Carly will only purchase one item? Why or Why
not?
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2) What about two items? Why or why not?
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3) Is your solution the only possible answer? Explain.
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**For number 3, if you said no, then youre correct! There are many
different ways to solve this problem.**

Now for a challenge, find a completely different way that Carly can
purchase different toys with the same amount of money. Again, you can
use the chart below (or on the separate worksheet) or use one of your
own that works for you.

Item Carly can buy

Total:

Price of Item

$43.94

(HINT: Attach your trial and error scrap paper to this performance task in
order to remember how you got to your answer!)

Task 3
So, how can we take our knowledge of place value to the next step using
word problems? What we have learned in task 1 and task 2 is the
building blocks of place value that will only help you in the future dealing
with money and other aspects of life involving place value.
Now we are going to use what we know and learned to take place value
a step further using more complex word problems. Do you think youre
ready for the challenge? This is your last task so do your best!

In addition to selling toys, our amusement park also sells different types
of shoes. We have noticed that shoes are a high commodity at our park
and we sure do sell a lot of them.
We are going to say now that Carly has an infinite amount of money in
her pocket for this task.

Here are the prices for the shoes:

Carly was thinking about buying a pair of all the shoes in the park store.
She is trying to figure out how much it would cost her to the neareset
tenth. About how much would the shoes cost her if she bought a pair of
each?

*Show your work on a separate sheet to remember how you got your
answer!

OK so we figured out how much it would cost Carly to the nearest tenth,
right? Well Carlys friend Cara saw the awesome shoes that she bought
at the park store and wanted them for herself! Cara wanted to know how
much money she should pull out to give to the cashier before going into
the store. If Cara wanted to pull out the money before, how much money
would she need if she is rounding to the nearest dollar?
What digit is in the hundreds place?
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What digit is in the tenths place?
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*Show your work!

Student Checklist
Did I Do This?
Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Yes Or No

Task
Task 1: I played the game and
answered all questions with
the task
Task 1: I thought about the
apply your thinking part and
answered them using my
critical thinking skills
Task 2: I used some sort of
table to organize my data of
toys and prices
Task 2: I found at least 2 ways
for Carly to buy the toys with
the amount of money she had
Task 2: I attached all scrap
paper and tables with work to
my performance task
Task 3: I rounded my answers
to what the directions told me
to.
Task 3: If I didnt know the
answer of the place value, I
used my place value chart to
help me

Its time for presentations!

Dont forget to include these in your presentation:

You must explain your answers to the tasks and how you got to them
You must explain your skills that would make you qualified for the job
You must explain correctly what place value is and give an example
Include anything else that you think would market yourself for the job

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Take some time to think about these and be ready and prepared to present
in 20 minutes.

Store Manager Hiring Rubric

Task

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Total Score

Goal Reached

Goal Partially
Reached

Goal Not
Reached

Answers are
only partially
correct or 1
wrong answer

Answers are
incorrect and
shows little
understanding
of place value

Found multiple
ways to buy the
toys and answers
are correct

Found one way

to buy the toys
and answers are
correct

Didnt find a
way to buy the
toys and/or
answers are
incorrect

Rounding and
answers are
correct

Either rounding
or answers is
wrong but not
both

Both rounding
is off and
answers are
incorrect

Correct answers
to questions
based on place
value

Good Luck to All

Interviewees!

Task Analysis:

Teachers Edition

Purpose/Goal: The 3 tasks that the

students have to complete pushes them
to show their understanding of place
value. When tasks are complete,
students should be able to define place
value, give real life examples of when
they would use place value, and do
basic operations with money (that
involves place value). You will know
when the goal has been met after
looking at all 3 tasks and listening to
their presentations.

Grade
Level: 5th

Common Core State Standards Mathematics Content Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.A.4 Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NBT.B.7
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide decimals to hundredths.
Common Core State Standards Mathematics Standards for Mathematical Practice:
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 - Model with Mathematics:
Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday
life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to
describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply proportional reasoning to plan a school event or
analyze a problem in the community. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem
or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient
students who can apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a
complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important
quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables,
graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions.
They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the
results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
ISTE Standards:
Communication and collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a
distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Enduring Understandings:
It is extremely important for students to learn about place value early on in life. They will
be able to relate place value to their everyday lives in relation to using money and
buying things. Students will be able to understand the meaning of place value and will
be able to round decimals to any place. They will also be able to add decimals to
hundredths when completing tasks related to money. Students will have a better grasp
on the concept of place value after completing this performance task.

Essential Questions:
1. Where do we use place value in everyday life?
2. Why is place value important?
3. What if we didnt have place value?
4. How does the position of a digit in a number affect its value?

Student Outcomes:

Students will be able to understand the meaning of place value.

Students will be able to explain where they use place value in everyday life.
Students will be able to explain each digits positional name.
Students will be able to add decimals in the form of money.
Students will be able to round decimals.

Involving Differentiation

It is a teachers job to understand that all students have different learning needs
and strategies that help them succeed in school. This performance task could be
presented differently for those who need extra supports. Those with IEPs will
have the opportunity to work with a partner, or with a teacher if need be.
Performance tasks are made to be flexible in order to suit the needs of the
learners and can be changed to do so.

Materials

Computer with WIFI for computer game

Scrap paper for work to be included in performance task
Tables to be included in performance task
Pencils
Lined paper to be included in performance task for presentation

Resources

http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-S_PDF.pdf
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice/
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/5/NBT/

GRASPS
Goal
To be hired by Disney Land as a Store Manager. In order to be hired you
must go through the tasks for training and complete a presentation of
qualifications.
Role
You are a job applicant for the Store Manager position at Disney Land.
Audience
The Disney Land Position Director will be filling the spot of store manager.
Situation
Disney Land is in great need of a highly qualified Store Manager for their
amusement park store. It entails many different jobs, such as running the
cash register, putting prices on things, and great customer service. You
have applied for the job and are now preparing for the interview. At your
interview, you will be expected to complete tasks that show you understand
the basic concept of place value relating to money, and can problem solve
through a series of tasks. If you show that your qualifications fit what they
are looking for, you just might be hired!
Product/Performance/Purpose
You will conclude with a presentation in which you showcase your abilities
and skills relating to the open position as Store Manager at Disney Land. In
your presentation you must explain how you answered each task and you
must demonstrate that you have found the correct answers relating to the
tasks.
Standards/Criteria for Success
Your presentation should meet the final criteria in order to be considered
for the job:
You must explain your answers to the tasks and how you got to them
You must explain your skills that would make you qualified for the job
You must explain correctly what place value is and give an example
Include anything else that you think would market yourself for the job

Extra Tables

Item Carly can buy

Total:

Price of Item

$43.94

Presentation Paper