Strap on your boots and begin your mountain adventure! In this scenic digital game, students work together to climb to the peak by correctly answering maths questions along the way. With each correct answer, they ascend higher up the mountain trail, experiencing changes in landscape and earning a final snapshot of how far they made it. The more they get right, the higher they go!

Let’s Hike – Calculating Discounts: 5%, 10%, 15% & 20% is ideal for Year 5 and Year 6 students learning to apply percentage calculations to real-life shopping scenarios. From clearance sales to everyday bargains, students must work out how much is saved at each discount level – strengthening fluency with percentages while applying reasoning and multiplication skills.

Students practise mental and written strategies to calculate discounts of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% off given prices. Questions are scaffolded to support a range of learners, and the team format encourages collaboration and shared problem-solving. This mountain-themed adventure offers a motivating way to make percentages meaningful, visual, and practical.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Calculate percentage discounts of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%
• ✅ Strengthen fluency with percentage, multiplication, and subtraction
• ✅ Apply real-world problem-solving to money-based scenarios
• ✅ Build confidence with mental strategies and estimation
• ✅ Collaborate with peers through shared learning goals

How to Play:

1. Students are shown a retail price and a discount percentage (5%, 10%, 15%, or 20%).
2. They calculate how much the discount is and may also determine the final price after discount.
3. Each correct answer moves the team further up the mountain trail.
4. The scenery changes as they progress – from grassy slopes to snowy peaks.
5. At the summit, a Polaroid snapshot shows how far the team made it and records their score.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during a percentages or financial literacy unit to reinforce real-world maths
• 💡 Ideal for upper primary students applying maths strategies in meaningful contexts
• 💡 Include in rotations or group stations to encourage teamwork and discussion
• 💡 Follow up with budgeting or catalogue-based classroom tasks

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play
• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task

Let’s Hike – Calculating Discounts: 5%, 10%, 15% & 20% turns percentage calculations into a mountain-climbing mission – boosting confidence and fluency with every step to the summit!