Time is Money

Using money as a context for teaching basic arithmetic is an excellent strategy for engaging young mathematicians. Following along with a class reading of the children's book Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich last Sunday by Judith Viorst,...

It's time to crack open that piggy bank and see what's inside. First, count up the pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, identifying what fraction of them are dimes. Then calculate the total value of the coins, writing another fraction...

Time to teach your students how to read a clock? This resource is here to help! Engaging young mathematicians with two fun videos and a series of hands-on activities, these lessons offer a multimedia approach to teaching this important...

Work with money math in subtraction learning exercise. With 35 subtraction problems in column format, the assignment is a good resource for review, new skills, or for assessment.

In this money worksheet, students fill up a grid with coins and then roll dice to get ordered pairs and take the money of the ordered pair that they roll. Students then add up their money in the end and see who wins.

Multiplication will be a breeze! Third graders work on both straightforward multiplication problems and word problems involving money and measurement. All problems involve multiplying numbers 0 - 10. A great homework assignment or...

Discover the joy and excitement of improving your math fluency through four different puzzles. Combine those with 25 different ways to represent numbers and you have hours of enjoyment that can be fun outside of the classroom as well.

Third graders will solve time and money problems to discuss how they relate to real life. They will also solve problems based on real life situations by thinking about typical issues related to time and money in their own lives. They...

Students calculate the time difference between Beijing, China and their local community. They discuss how time difference affects intercultural communication.

Third graders add money to find total costs. In this money addition instructional activity, 3rd graders pretend they are shopping to learn to add and count money. Students get a handout with prices of items and complete several money...