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Shop 'Til You Drop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students evaluate food prices. For this real world math lesson plan, students compare the cost of various grocery items to determine which is the best deal. They work in groups using grocery ads to decide how to get the most product for...
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Give Me the Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners view a money transaction on video and identify the steps involved in making a purchase and calculating change. They write out original money math problems and exchange them with classmates.
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Million Dollar Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students calculate how they will spend a million dollars.  In this millionaire math lesson plan, students complete a worksheet and then make a poster of how they would spend a million dollars.  Each item and its cost must be shown. a...
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Free Enterprise -- Product Cost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the concept of free enterprise. In groups, they discuss the price of various food items and decide on which item to produce. They calculate the cost of producing the item and share their results with the class.
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Discounts

For Students 4th - 6th
In this discounts practice worksheet, students read an instructional section and then solve 3 multi-part problems that require them to find discounted prices by figuring percentages.
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New Equilibrium Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
For this economics practice worksheet, students respond to 20 questions where they calculate new equilibrium points and label diagrams.
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Spending

For Teachers 2nd
Student explore the value of money. For this addition and subtraction lesson, 2nd graders earn "money" for classroom jobs and spend it in the classroom. Students practice how to add prices and calculate change. This lesson incorporates...
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Furnishing an Apartment

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils explore the components that comprise the formation of a budget. Sales brochures advertising apartment furnishings are used to assist students in this task.
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You'd Better Shop Around

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast the prices of various food items at different grocery stores using newspaper advertisements. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of shopping around for items that fit within their monthly budget.
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Find That Bargain!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the methods of calculating percentages, reading and the construction of graphs, and an awareness of consumer concerns in this lesson. The movement of the decimal point often results in uncertainty and confusion. This...
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By The Pound

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students develop mathematical skills using measurement in the form of weight. They also perform calculations to find cost and strengthen estimation skills while comparing the actual price. The context for the instructional activity is in...
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Can I Afford This Apartment?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of cost of living. For this cost of living lesson, students calculate the cost of living in an apartment along with other living expenses.
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Competition and Market Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a simulation in which some are buyers and some are sellers in a trading activity. They set their own prices and record transactions. Then they calculate who made the biggest profit. They discuss the results.
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After Christmas Specials

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems which pertain to after-Christmas shopping. Students will calculate prices of items on sale, figure out the best deals and solve percentage-off problems.
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Selling Price

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work independently to complete a problem solving activity that involves percent. This lesson is designed to be used as an assessment following a unit on percents. Students are presented with a problem involving a store that is...
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BY THE POUND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will estimate the weight and cost of produce and calculate the actual price.Discuss the difference between weight and volume. Have students discuss whether it is more economical to buy produce by the pound, by the piece or...
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Stretching the Truth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders visualize different percentages as parts of a whole on visual images. They observe alterations of photographs, and models of circles, squares and sets. This incredibly detailed, eight-page plan leads you through everything...
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Sandwich Shop

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Eat up the task on systems of equations. Given information on the total number of sandwiches and the total income, learners write and solve a linear system of equations to find the number of each type of sandwich sold at a shop. They...
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Percent Box

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the procedures to determine a number when the percentage of the whole is known or to find the whole number when the part or percentage is known.
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Solving Multi-Step Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
Use this multi-step problems learning exercise to have your charges complete multi-step problems including money, fractions, charts, and more. They complete 30 problems total.
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When Life Serves You Lemons!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build their own lemonade stand. In this problem solving lesson, students measure the materials needed to build a stand and make lemonade. They find the cost of producing the lemonade and the profit they will make. 
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Fashion Sense and Dollar Wise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in groups to show understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, percentages, and the application of ratios and proportions. In this decimals, fractions, and percents lesson, students use real life...
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Take an Imaginary Shopping Trip With Your Students

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Take your students on an imaginary shopping trip to practice math and other skills.
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Percent in Business

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this percentages worksheet, students solve word problems that include percentages in business. Students complete 14 word problems.