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Real World Math: Unexpected Events Lesson Plan

Real World Math: Unexpected Events Lesson Plan

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Ready to delve into personal finance? Learners discover how to organize a check book register. They practice debits and credits in a math game involving the register they set up. While they gain valuable practical knowledge, they also spend time practicing addition and subtraction of decimals.

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financial literacy, adding decimals, addition, subtracting decimals, subtraction

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adding decimals, check register, personal finance, subtracting decimals, math

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