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Math in Society

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket and the break-even premium. They apply how life-expectation tables are used to estimate the probability that an individual...
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New Cars? Selecting and Financing

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket, and the break-even premium. They deduce what percent of markup is. Students are able to compare terms for financing a car...
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Methods of Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students utilize the scientific method to discover the age of an item.  In this historical dating lesson, students compare and contrast a 400 year old cabinet to one made within a few years by using carbon dating.  Students complete a...
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Bingo Brown and the Language of Love

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. In this credit lesson, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Students discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest, and loans....
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Cost and Revenues

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils develop the key concepts of total, variable, fixed, average and marginal costs. The theory of using different business scenarios is applied to different situations for an extension to real life application.
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University of Missouri

Money Math

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Wouldn't your class members love to become millionaires? It doesn't happen overnight. Teach young entrepreneurs about personal finance and money management with a series of lessons focused on money math. Pupils learn about banking and...
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Concord Consortium

It's In the Mail

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's time to check the mail! The task is to determine the most cost-effective way to mail a packet of information. Young scholars write an equation that models the amount of postage as a function of the number of sheets mailed and...
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Count Down the Days to a Special Event

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners calculate time using a grade appropriate skill.  In this time lesson, students calculate the time to a special event. Learners calculate days, months, weeks, hours, minutes or seconds depending on their skill level. Students...
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Real Life Math

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students have the opportunity to represent real-life situations mathematically in order to become familiar with part-to-whole relationships. In this real life math lesson plan, students study windowpanes and describe their shape and...
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57 Varieties of Interdependence

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the life of Henry J. Heinz and how he began his career in food service. For this economic history lesson,students study how Henry J. Heinz started his business. Students will create and answer key questions that that...
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Mathematics: Budgeting

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students develop a month long budget. They use problem solving skills to adjust their budgets for unforeseen expenses. They use checks to pay mock bills.
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Statistics and Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners examine statistics and data analysis concepts from the practical questions that arise in everyday life.
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Geometry Digital Blogging Books

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Pupils observe geometric shapes in their everyday lives.  In this middle school/high school mathematics lesson, students use their cell phone to record and publish their observations about the geometric shapes they encounter.  Pupils...
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Hare and Lynx Population

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study changes in animal population. In this graphing lesson, 4th graders create graphs from information read to them about hares and lynx populations. They will describe patterns of change in the graphs and discuss why...
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Using Calculators And Spreadsheets

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the advantages of using calculators and spreadsheets in balancing checkbooks. They also identify the pros and cons of using these tools in adult education classrooms.
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Visa

Hall of Fame Lesson Module — Financial Football

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Kick off an engaging review on personal finance with an online football game. Financial Football incorporates both football strategies and economic knowledge in an interactive format, allowing future CFOs to answer a variety of questions...
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PLS 3rd Learning

Vehicle Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is part of a larger unit on cars (financing, insurance, budget, etc.). Before comparison shopping for their ideal car, teens fill out a survey on their transportation preferences. In related lessons, they consider financing,...
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Rice Math Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice solving math equations using rice as their subject. They translate situations involving rice into math equations in order to solve them properly. They also discover and practice using math vocabulary terms...
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There's No Accountin with Ledgers

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create and maintain a ledger, write an essay for the process, and learn to keep financial accounts through the ledger. In this ledger lesson, 10th graders define an accounting ledger and create one for the money they've...
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Lesson 5: Creating a Budget

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students define and discuss concepts of income and expense, figure out monthly take home pay, keep track of their spending for one month, identify at least ten categories of expenses, and develop budgets to prevent falling into debt.
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Accounting Jeopardy -- Journalizing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders play the Accounting Jeopardy Game to review the journalizing process. They analyze business transactions from source documents and journal about transactions using various journal formats. They use the Jeopardy template to...
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Money & Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain basic information concerning financial investments. They identify consumer rights and responsibilities and effective practices for purchasing consumer goods, services, housing and insurance. They list steps in setting...
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Fairness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore fairness. In this fairness instructional activity, students recieve a envelope of materials, not all envelopes contain the same materials. Learners cut shapes to specific measurements and get money for them. If the...

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