Decimals - A Real World Math Project about Paying the Bills!

This real world math project is the perfect way for students to practice adding and subtracting decimals in your classroom! It is a cross-curricular project as it incorporates both economics and math.

This project includes both a printable and a digital version for use with Google Classroom.

Description:

Each student is in charge of their family's personal budget for two weeks. They must fill out a bank register by adding and subtracting decimals. They also write checks to pay bills in order to save enough money for a family trip.

The project is easy to grade as all of the registers are based on pre-set financial decisions. It includes a reflection page with four questions and an extension page that students can use to create their own "Week 3" budget.

Topics Included:

Economics:

1. Income

2. Spending

3. Saving

4. Personal Budget

Math:

1. Add and subtract decimals

2. Writing decimals in standard, word, and expanded form

3. Rounding decimals

My students were SO ENGAGED throughout this project and asked for more math like this! They worked very hard to add and subtract correctly because they wanted to find out if there would be enough money for the trip. It was challenging - but it really pushed my math students and required them to persevere. There's a lot to be said about math in the real world!

ALSO AVAILABLE:

• Adding and Subtracting Decimals PowerPoint Lesson
• Adding and Subtracting Decimals Worksheets
• Visit the Bakery: A Real World Math Adding and Subtracting Decimals Activity
• Daily Decimal - 50 Scaffolded Practice Pages

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Do you want your students to Love ❤️ Learning Math?

Check out these other resources:

• Whole Number Division (NBT Standards)

• Expressions, Variables, and Order of Operations (OA Standards)

• Coordinate Planes and Numerical Patterns (OA Standards)

• Line Plots

• Measurement

• Geometry (G Standards)

• Fractions Bundle

• Fifth Grade Constructed Response Sheets

Other Decimal Resources:

• Decimals: Interactive Notebook

• Decimal Concepts Lesson

• Decimals: Study Guides

• Multiplying Decimals PowerPoint

• Adding and Subtracting Decimals Lesson

• Decimal Concepts Review Game

• Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10 PowerPoint

• Decimals: Complete BUNDLE

SAVE with Bundles:

• Math Interactive Notebook Bundle

• Math PowerPoint Lessons Bundle

• 5th Grade Math Units for the YEAR

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