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Scarcity and Choice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
After reading the book A Bargain for Frances, young economists discuss how money is exchanged for goods or services. They demonstrate effective financial decision-making by listing ways to save money for a product they would like to buy.
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Covering Units of Measure

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Use conversions to practice multiplication and division with these measurement and money problems. First, scholars convert 12 measurements from centimeters to millimeters, using an example to help them understand the process. Next, they...
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2-Dimensional Shapes: Adding Up Shapes

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
These pictures will cost you! Each shape is worth a money amount. Scholars use this value system to price four images composed of these shapes. There is an example to help them get started which demonstrates labeling each shape before...
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Counting Money and Making Change

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This lesson is important as a foundation for future math concepts in...
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A Pencil and a Sticker

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
How much do a pencil and sticker cost? Youngsters use a bar diagram to find the cost of a sticker that is twenty cents less than the cost of a pencil. Given the prices, learners must find the cost of the sticker in order to find the cost...
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Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Start with the basics and move up the exponential ladder to master a variety of problem-solving and application problems. The problems are heavy on exponential growth and decay, compound interest, and natural log.  
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Margie Buys Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
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Decimal Problems

For Students 5th - 6th
In this decimals worksheet, students solve 18 different types of problems that include both decimals and non-decimals. First, they subtract the measurement problems given both in metric units and in US units. Then, students subtract the...
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Dollars and Cents Word Problems

For Students 1st - 2nd
Explore money math with these addition and subtraction word problems. Learners solve three scenarios, each of which is illustrated for visual learners. They use knowledge of different types of US currency to determine how much money is...
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Identify Coins

For Students 1st - 2nd
Kill two birds with one stone (as they say). Your class can practice problem solving skills, basic addition and subtraction, as well as work on coin values. This learning exercise includes six money related word problems to solve.
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Making Cents of Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore decimals and fractions using groups of 100 pennies. By classifying the pennies in different ways, there are an unlimited number of ways to learn fractions, decimals, and place value in money. This is a good, hands-on...
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Money: Half Dollars

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting coins instructional activity, students solve 6 problems in which half dollars are counted and the total amount of money recorded in dollars and cents.
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Show Me The Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the value of U.S. money. For this money lesson, 3rd graders print out pictures of money from the Internet and create play money. The students will play a game in which they display the amount of money called out by...
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Money Matters - Introduction to the Penny

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This nicely-designed PowerPoint is meant to teach young students about the penny, and how much pennies are worth. After a warm-up component, students engage in some guided practice problems where they must represent values by using...
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Multiple Solutions

For Students 3rd
In this multiple solutions worksheet, 3rd graders solve and complete 6 different problems that include determining multiple solutions for each. First, they identify the number of items in each and the total cost for the items. Then,...
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Adding Coins to $1.00 Worksheet #5

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting money worksheet, students solve ten problems in which groups of quarters, dimes and nickels are counted. Students add the coins and put the cents sign in. All sums are below one dollar.
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Money Word Problems - myTestBook.com

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Consider printing out this worksheet for your second and third graders! They're starting to learn about monetary value and counting coins. The questions are all formatted as multiple choice questions, so ensure your learners are fully...
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Simple Money Word Problems

For Students 6th
In this simple money worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include word problems and money. First, they determine how much money is left after purchasing an item. Then, students determine how much money...
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Money 9.1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this counting money worksheet, students complete several different exercises that help them understand money and how to count both cents and dollars.
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Visiting the Arcade

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders take a trip to the arcade in an activity that engages them in problem solving with money. Composed of three word problems, youngsters are instructed to determine various combinations to represent a given value by using...
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Making Sense of Dollars and Cents

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Teaching the money system to youngsters through games, literature, and real-world simulations
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Dinero

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Add some visuals to your money unit with this fantastic PowerPoint. Teach your Spanish class how to recognize and count American money. There are clear directions, written in Spanish, and great images on each slide. Viewing this...
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Wants and Needs

For Teachers 1st
Here is an outstanding activity on wants versus needs designed for 1st graders. Pupils listen to the book, Something Good which presents themes on wants, needs, choice, resources, and counting money. Pupils complete worksheets embedded...
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Money - counting dimes, nickels, and cents

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting dimes, nickels, and pennies worksheet, students review pictures of coins with their values, count money and write the total amounts, and use real money to show given amounts of change. Students write twelve answers.

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