Give Me the Money

So much can change in seven years. Young statisticians choose three types of businesses, such as toy stores and amusement parks, and use census data to determine how the number of those businesses in their state changed between 2010 to...

Use Music-Mix-Math to help learners solve a series of problems. They will solve one-word problems while music is playing, when the music stops, each learner finds a partner to compare the answer with. This can be done with as many as 4...

Make masterful art using math. An interesting activity has learners create artwork involving tesselations. First they cut out a base shape from index cards, then they apply translations to complete their masterpieces.

Learning about factors and multiples is all fun and games with this simple math activity. The lesson begins with the teacher and class playing the Factor Game together as students figure out the rules and uncover key vocabulary as they...

Two worksheets are here with 17 complement math word problems. These are not easy problems. Percentages, fractions, metric system problems, and logic problems are all present. Many of the problems require two or three steps to solve....

This dreamy resource has little ones computing the change on the purchase of an ice cream cone. Mia describes each step in two methods: subtraction of decimals and counting up from the sale price.

Elementary schoolers solve two-step equations and practice money concepts. They solve multi-step addition and subtraction contextual problems and apply money concepts to real life situations. Pupils use pictures and counters to help them...

Determine the change needed based on the given amount with this step by step interactive lesson.

Learners practice making change. In this money lesson, students complete worksheets in which they find the amount of change they would receive from a dollar bill amount. Learners go online and play games on this same concept. 

Students take the spelling bee format and adapt it to provide practice in making change and work on their money skills. They simulate the process of making purchases with money and making change as necessary to complete the purchase.