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Illustrative Mathematics

Sports Equipment Set

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Many students like to play sports and the equipment that goes with it costs money. The resource sets up an inequality that gives a total amount needed to purchase the equipment and the initial amount of money already obtained. In order...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Drinking Juice, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
An excellent activity using word problems where pupils interpret and compute quotients of fractions. The commentary includes using a fraction bar model and equations to represent the problem. In this variation of the resource, the...
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Bowland

Fashionista

For Teachers 6th - 9th
So trendy! Show your class how to identify trends in sales patterns using mathematics. Scholars use a software simulation to collect data on age groups, price, and sales at a fashion store. This data allows individuals to determine the...
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Curated OER

Using Graphical Displays to Depict Health Trends in America's Youth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Identify the different types of graphs and when they are used. Learners will research a specific health issue facing teens today. They then develop a survey, collect and analyze data and present their findings in class.  This is a lesson...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Summer Swimming

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a real-world application for systems of equations. When is it better to pay an enrollment fee and lower daily rate, and when is it better to pay the regular price? The local swim center is having a special offer, reductions in...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Coupon Versus Discount

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
All too often stores give coupons for an item, but when you go into buy it, the item is on discount.  The store won’t take the coupon if the discount is used. So what do you do, use the coupon or take the discount? This activity helps...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Fixing the Furnace

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This comprehensive resource applies simultaneous equations to a real-life problem. Though the commentary starts with a graph, some home consumers may choose to begin with a table. A graph does aid learners to visualize the shift of one...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Financial Fables: Shopping Wisely with Olivia Owl

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Cover two subjects with one lesson plan! First, dive into English language arts; read an eBook, answer comprehension questions, and complete a cause and effect chart about the financial fable, Shopping Wisely with Olivia Owl. Then, take...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Expense Tracking

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Where does all your money go? Individuals keep a record of the money they spend over the course of 30 days. They then categorize where they are spending their money and write an essay detailing their findings.
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Curated OER

Statistics and Shopping

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils explore the concept of using consumer data and statistics to aid in the consumer decision making process. For this consumer data and statistics lesson, students research consumer data and statistics. Pupils analyze the data to...
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Curated OER

Opening your first bank account

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate opening a bank account.  In this secondary Consumer Mathematics instructional activity, students  read A Guide to Your First Bank Account and take a short quiz on the information.
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Curated OER

Word Problems Solved By S.M.S.

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners solve word problems with a consumer math emphasis. This lesson plan also contains many strategies and questions learners can ask to solving problems.  There is also a bibliography included for resources on problem solving.
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

STEM: Lou-Vee Air Car

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
A comprehensive lesson on acceleration awaits your physicists and engineers! Two YouTube videos pique their interest, then sample F=ma problems are worked and graphed. The highlight of the lesson is the building of a Lou-Vee air car!...
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Curated OER

Buying a Car

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software lesson: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
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Curated OER

Cost and Revenues

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students 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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Curated OER

Math in Your Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine how math fits into everyday lives by writing mathematical word problems and answering them. Middle schoolers will also practice their test taking skills utilizing different kinds of tests.
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Curated OER

Patterns, Functions, and Algebra: Wired for Space

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students assess how patterns, functions and algebra can assist NASA engineers design new ways of propelling spacecrafts. They explore how electricity and magnetism are replacing the fuel-consuming rocket propulsion. Electromagnetism is...
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Curated OER

Percents: What's the Use

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research percentages in real world situations. In this percents lesson, students demonstrate their ability to apply percents to everyday situations. Young scholars communicate mathematically by conducting interviews about...
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Curated OER

Buy or Lease an Automobile

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gather information on 3 new cars they would like to buy or lease, and use mathematical comparisons to decide whether to buy or lease the car.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

No More Money Trouble

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young consumers explore money identification and counting. In this cross-curricular money instructional activity, they participate in comprehension and writing activities prior to and after reading the book Money Trouble by Bill Cosby....
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Curated OER

A Measure of Success

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars explore mathematics by cooking recipes in class. In this ingredient measuring activity, students view several recipes in class they wish to cook and practice translating the recipe into a large enough creation that can...
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Curated OER

Find That Bargain!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the methods of calculating percentages, reading and the construction of graphs, and an awareness of consumer concerns in this instructional activity. The movement of the decimal point often results in uncertainty and...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Designing a 3d Product in 2d: a Sports Bag

For Teachers 7th Standards
Sew up pupil interest with an engaging, hands-on instructional activity. Learners first design a sports bag given constraints on the dimensions of fabric. They then evaluate provided sample responses to identify strengths and weaknesses...
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Curated OER

Buying vs. Leasing Car

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use the Internet and worksheets to calculate the costs, advantages and disadvantages to buying or leasing a car. They write a summary of their investigation and decide which option they think is better.