Young economists explore opportunity cost by counting how much money Susan has in her piggy bank. From here, they are challenged to help Susan make a choice about what she can buy with her money. 

Concepts

counting money, coins, counting coins, opportunity cost, skip counting, finance

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Learners may work independently or collaboratively 
• Challenge your class to represent their equations in more than one way

Pros

• Includes a link to build more background knowledge about opportunity costs
• Answer sheet provided

Cons

• None

Common Core

2.OA.A.1 2.NBT.B.5 2.MD.C.8 MP2 MP4 MP6