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Shopping
Students do a shopping simulation in order to have a chance to apply their math skills in a real life fashion. They decide how much money they have, what they want to buy, if they have enough money and how much change they should get back.
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Coin-Shaped Books
Pupils review United States coins throughout history, and create shape books for their favorite coins. Each book contains text and illustrations created by Students.
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Pocket Change
Students explore algebraic relationships using the coins in their "pocket." Interactive games that demonstrate the use of estimation in algebraic problem solving help them build a framework for understanding word problems in a way that...
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Pennies, Nickels, and Quarters
In this coin counting worksheet, students draw the amount of money for each problem and use the specific amount of coins given. Students use pennies, nickels, and quarters to solve the 5 problems.
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Pots of Gold
Students participate in a counting activity related to St. Patrick's day. In this counting exercise students match the number of beans or coins to a numbered shamrock.
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Piggy Pockets
Second graders determine when estimates and exact totals are appropriate in dealing with money. They simulate keeping a checking account over a period of time and keep a checkbook ledger to record deposits and expenses.
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Problems With Arithmetic
In this money word problems worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which money is added and subtracted. Note: This is English pounds and pence.
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Pennies, Nickels, and Quarters
In this coin counting worksheet, students identify the coins of pennies, quarters, and nickels and count the total amount of money for 5 problems.
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Flip a Coin
Students are introduced to the concept of probability. In groups, they make a prediction about how many times a coin might show heads or tails when flipped. They carry out the experiment and record their results to compare it to their...
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
Students collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write...
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Foreign Stamps
Eighth graders convert the price of US stamps to those of a number of foreign currencies. They use conversion charts to make the changes.
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Taxi Fare
Students discuss what they know about taxis and how they charge. They read the problem and work in pairs focusing their thinking on the repeating pattern of twos. They then share their solutions and conclude with some class practice...
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Poetry To My Ears
Students investigate the 50 States Quarters Program. They use the state of Idaho as a basis for creating context for the lesson. The image on the coin becomes the subject. They differentiate between the reverse and obverse side of the...
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Fifty Toes
Young scholars guess the subject of the given problem by reasoning. Then they discuss the ways that the problem could be solved by keeping track of their counting in 10s and showing their work.
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Sorting Pennies, A Wagering Activity for Algebra I
Young scholars solve weight equations. For this equations lesson, groups of students weigh and separate pennies to find information necessary to solve simultaneous equations. The teacher provides equations based on the weight of pennies...
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Practicing Shopping
In this coins worksheet, learners draw the coins and add up the coins for the amount of money in European money. Students complete 4 sets of problems.
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What Would You Do With $5.00?
Pupils watch the video Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.
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Fifty Cents: Half Dollar
In this money worksheet, students determine amounts of money that are represented by the half dollars that are pictured in 3 examples. They add and subtract in 2 questions using pictures of fifty cent pieces and answer 3 multiple choice...
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Chances Are...
Students examine the probability of an event. In this probability lesson, students determine whether it is likely that an event will occur in coin flipping activities. They work with two and four coins, and one die in three different...
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Because of Winn Dixie Activity
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, 4th graders use characters from the story to complete a problem solving activity. Students must determine which items to buy and how to earn the money for those items. There are five different...
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Quarters: Matching the Price
In this money/quarter activity, students look at pictures of items with price tags attached, then circle the correct combination of coins that match the price.
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Expand Your Math By Traveling Over the Chesapeake Bay!
In this Chesapeake Bay worksheet, students read word problems and answer questions about years passed, and money spent on the two ways to drive over Chesapeake Bay. Students complete 5 problems.
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Dimes and Pennies
In this counting values of dimes and pennies worksheet, students add the values of multiple dimes and pennies and record the totals. Students solve 5 problems.
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Mineral Mania
In this mineral instructional activity, students visit http://sciencespot.net and answer 90 questions about mineral uses, mineral groups, fireworks, and minerals found around the home.