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Money: Shopping for Clothes
In this money activity, students use a list of costs of items given at the top of the page to determine the total cost of others. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Valentine Shop
Students use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Students use KidPix to create...
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Agriculture Counts
Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science activity, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into numbers and...
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Mental Math for Adding Decimals
Fifth graders work in groups to practice adding decimals. For this adding decimals lesson, 5th graders call out different money amounts to each other and mentally add the coins called out. Students take turns calling out and adding the...
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Counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s
Learners practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.
Concord Consortium
Summertopia
What if the unit of money changes tomorrow? Would you be prepared? Learners calculate currency conversions using fictional units of money. The fictional unit's base is 60 rather than 100, which can connect to time or even degrees.
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Percent of change
In this percent of change worksheet, students figure out the percent of money amount if something is on sale and it is a certain percentage of the price. Students solve 9 problems.
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Adding Two-digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies
First graders study money. For this addition lesson, 1st graders count and add two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies.
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Problem-Solving: Use Money problem solving 20.9
In this solving consumer math word problems instructional activity, students write answers showing the steps to understand, plan, solve, and check their answers. Students write four answers.
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Math Word Problems
For this problem solving worksheet, students solve six word problems by adding or subtracting money amounts. This is a multiple choice worksheet.
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Books, Books, Books
For this consumer math challenge worksheet, students solve problems using the titles and prices of books at a book fair. Students solve 4 problems.
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Estimation
Third graders practice using money. In this estimation lesson, 3rd graders show their ability to figure out the cost of lunch. Students then set up a "store" and students choose the products and estmate the cost. Students visit...
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Shopping
Students determine how much money they have in hand, find and read the price of a product, determine which product to buy, determine if they have enough money, and count out exact change or determine how much change is due.
Jersey Heritage
A Victorian Christmas
In many ways, Victorian Christmas is alive and well today! Class members read an informative passage to learn more about traditional Christmas gifts, decorations, crackers, and visits from Santa Claus in nineteenth-century England—as...
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Fractions and Percentages
In this algebra activity, students solve problems containing fractions and percents. They convert between decimals, percents and fractions. There are 23 problems.
Raytheon
Permutations and Combinations
For this permutations and combinations instructional activity, students complete word problems and pattern problems dealing with permutations and combinations. Students complete 14 problems total.
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Fractions as Percentage and Decimals
In this fractions, percentages, and decimals worksheet, students solve 14 problems where they must convert back and forth. Students are given numbers in fraction, percentage, and decimal form and are asked to change their form.
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The Euro: Money Changes Everything
Students begin the lesson by being introduced to the currency of the Euro. As a class, they must decide which is worth more, the euro or a United States dollar. Using the internet, they determine the current exchange rate and complete...
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Converting Currency - Level 2
In this basic mathematics worksheet, students apply the exchange rate shown to convert various amounts into euros. They also apply the same exchange rate to convert various amount into Pounds. Finally, students solve three word problems...
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Our Family and Age
Start by playing a song about numbers. "Sing, Dance, Laugh, and Eat Quiche" is suggested. Then, start counting things around the room. Introduce yourself, and have kids start to introduce themselves when they catch on to the vocabulary....
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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...
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 7th Grade Math – Claim 2
To solve or not to solve that is the problem. A slide presentation of 17 items show different ways that Smarter Balanced assesses Claim 2, problem solving. The items span from sixth and seventh grade concepts to highlight the...
CCSS Math Activities
Gym
Math requires strength training, too. Scholars consider three different pricing systems for a gym. Given several scenarios, they determine which gym would be cheaper and find how many visits it takes for the costs to be equal.
Mathematics Assessment Project
Lottery
A probability activity presents a lottery game as an idea for a fundraiser. Pupils analyze the game to determine the number of possible outcomes, then determine whether the game would be a good way to raise funds and to support...