Car Shopping: A Unit Rate Project

Are your students struggling to relate unit rates to the real world? Look no further! This fun project lets students see the real price of cars, grasp miles per gallon, price per gallon per year and more!

This project is perfect for high school special ed students! It relates math on their level to age-appropriate interests and topics. It is a total win in my classroom! Blast some learning tunes and let the kids get shopping!

This activity is accessible in both printable and digital formats. Check out the digital version here. A great way to implement this resource is via centers. Consider color printing and laminating the pages to reuse the slides again and again. Should you have any questions please email me at SpEdderTogether@gmail.com

Includes:

• Objective

• Goal

• Rubric

• Gas prices (for reference, with prices for regular, plus, premium + diesel)

• Mileage (for reference number from US Dept. of Transportation)

• Guided sample and rationale

• 10 car options

- Fiat 500

- VW Jetta

- Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

- Chevrolet Cruze

- Subaru Impreza

- VW Golf

- Mazda 3

- Kia Soul

- Honda Civic

• Workspace per vehicle option (10)

• Final Questions

• Suggested rubric rationale and breakdown

• Answer Key