AAA Math
Aaa Math: Change Due
This lesson explains what making change is, contains a game and other resources to help you practice this important skill.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Unsure of Which Telephone Plan to Choose?
This online activity will help you use step functions as a means of determining the most appropriate calling package for your household.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants: Jack Spends His Pay
For this lesson, students will create and solve word problems involving money (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals), and develop a script for a short scene and perform it using the elements of performance....
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: The Math of Credit Cards
Explore how credit cards work in this video from KQED. In particular, you'll discover the impact and high cost of outstanding balances when borrowing money using credit cards. In the accompanying classroom activity, students discuss the...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Is Paying Over Time a Smart Move?
At T.V. 411 you can explore the concept of paying over time with situations involving credit cards, rent to own items, and more. This interactive lesson gives the learner an opportunity to make decisions about money management.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 4: How to Use Your Money
For this lesson, students will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Work
This collection of activities focuses on strategies for teaching teens how to balance allowance, chores, school, and work. Also provided are practical tips for parents regarding signs to look for that may indicated earned money is being...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Accountability
Parents can use this collection of activities to teach children about financial responsibility and accountability with money. Each suggested activity offers practical, real world experiences and links to related websites to help children...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 2: Saving Money by Finding the Better Buy
Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons, and...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Behavior
Ideas on how to teach their children about allowances. This activity presents topics such as the age for allowances, behavior-based allowances, needs-based allowances, and chores for children. Suggested real world experiences and links...