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Free applied math projects
The Million Dollar Project
Here's a great project for intermediate level grades that is fun, engaging, and builds GREAT life skills! The Million Dollar project is designed to give students $1 million to spend, with certain guidelines, of course. This project helps to:
1. review Place Value
2. review adding and subtracting decimals
3. give you an idea of what your students value
4. builds life skills, such as managing money, writing checks, planning for the future, and even some philanthropy!
I love this project and s
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3rd - 6th
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Shopping on a Budget (Calculating Prices, Percentages and Sales Tax)
This is a real-world situation activity where students will work within a budget and calculate percents of a number, discounts, sales tax and totals. It can be used as an in-class assignment, homework or as a review. Students can also be placed in groups and complete cooperatively!SKILL-Finding percents of a number, calculating discounts and sales tax, working within a budgetDirections: Students will be given a certain amount of money by their “long lost cousin Bob” (as determined by you, the te
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6th - 8th
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Linear Equations: Water Park Project
In this high interest, extensive assignment, students are given a three part project broken into daily tasks. The project is designed to assess the students profieciency with linear equations. They must design a water park on a coordinate plane, identify points, calculate slope, write equations, solve for midpoint, use the distance formula, and explain their results in a reflection paper.
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7th - 12th
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Budget Project (Math 6,7,8)
This project has students make a budget for taxes, food, transportation, clothing, entertainment, utilities, and housing. This project takes about a week to guide students through it. The best thing about his project is that is has kids talking about their future. Some kids love it because they realize they can afford a boat and go on vacations while other students it is a wakeup call if they don’t shape up. You could walk 6th graders through this if you make it simple or you can go more in dept
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6th - 8th
Elapsed Time Real Life Math Projects | 24 hour Time Math PBL | Zoo Days
Trying to teach your students elapsed time and 24 hour time? This real world mini math project has students learning about timetables, 24 hour time and practicing calculating elapsed time in a fun way. This is great for assessment or group projects. Students need to plan a family day out at the zoo visiting the certain animals and shows. Students will be engaged and enjoy using numeracy in a real life situation. It has been designed for students in grades 4 to 7. Now suitable for in person and o
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4th - 7th
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A Lesson in Financial Literacy - The Game of Life
This resource is a introduction to students of managing finances. Students are given the opportunity to use their knowledge of percents and basic math operations to learn how to manage their money. We found that this activity has the potential to span a few days.Students will learn about:- monthly income- tax deductions- setting a budget- paying for a home- paying for a car- saving and investing towards retirement- and a handful of other finance related topicsI hope you and your students enjoy
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7th - 12th
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Free Project-Based Math Activity | Area & Perimeter | Math PBL Activities
This free 2-day project-based math resource applies math concepts in a real-world scenario to teach students about concepts of measurement including calculating area and perimeter of rectangles. In this 2-day resource, students will apply area and perimeter concepts to plan a beach trip for their family and friends. This area and perimeter math project is engaging and authentic.⭐️ For the full area and perimeter project-based math unit, check out my Plan a Beach Trip PBL.⭐️ Get a year-long bundl
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3rd
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Design and Make A Food Truck - Calculate Food Costs, Design Menu, and More
Design and Make A Food Truck - Calculate Food Costs, Design Menu, and MoreIn this resource, students can design and make a 3D paper Food Truck. They will need to use Maths and ELA to understand the process of making their trucks. Students will calculate Gross Profit Margin using the formula provided. They will need to consider four factors when it comes to deciding on pricing beyond the simple formula. Students will use division and subtraction in the formula. The hardest part is creating the 3D
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5th - 9th
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Performance Task {Holiday Shopping} FREEBIE!
Performance Tasks are a great way to assess your students' problem solving and real-life application skills. The tasks usually require the students to demonstrate a variety of skills in order to complete. The students must implement knowledge of how the Common Core State Standards connect to each other while solving a performance task.
This special “Holiday Shopping” Performance Task was designed to meet a variety of Common Core State Standards geared towards grades 3-5, mainly in Math and Wr
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3rd - 5th
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Performance Task {Back to School} FREEBIE!
Performance Tasks are a great way to assess your students' problem solving and real-life application skills. The tasks require the students to demonstrate a variety of skills in order to complete. The students must implement knowledge of how the Common Core State Standards connect to each other while solving a performance task.
*These tasks are also ideal for sub planning because they encompass many subjects and are self explanatory. Students can work through them independently at their own pa
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3rd - 5th
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Sales Tax, Tip, and Discount Restaurant Project- High School Special Education
Assess your student sales tax, tip, and discount calculation skills while at a sit-down restaurant! Students complete this project while at a restaurant (after ordering and before receiving food, and after paying for their meal). This project aligns nicely with the Sales Tax, Tip, and Discount Lesson Units found in my store. There is a rubric, step-by-step section for calculating sales tax, tip, and discount. There are also four reflection questions about their actual experience at the restau
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6th - 12th
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Math: What Are the Chances? Designing Your Own Probability Carnival
Students will use their understanding of probability to create three carnival games for others to enjoy. By exploring the difference between theoretical and experimental probability, students will understand the math that underlies the games. This math Exploration includes detailed, student-friendly Steps to Success that lead the learner through the process of creating a high-level, quality independent project. To add rigor and thoughtfulness, students reflect on their Exploration by answering s
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3rd - 10th
Party Planning Project Based Learning - Free
Real World Math - Budgeting can be fun with this Party Planning Project! Your students will be given the challenge to plan a party for 10 people with the budget of $10. They will be given a budget page and a spending page. Using the "Grocery Story" page and "Party Store" page, students will go shopping and decide what items they think are most important for hosting a party.
This simple budget project uses dollar bills and ten frames to make spending the money less abstract.
Your student
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Math Projects
Real Life Math: Shopping For Clothes
Teaching Life Skills as part of your curriculum. Real Life Math provides great opportunities to teach students about real lifes situation where they will use basic math skills. This activity centers around online shopping for Fall and Winter Clothing. Directions; lists of clothing needs; and order form are included.
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5th - 12th
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Middle School Math Projects
This is a collection of 4 different middle school math projects that can be used to help reinforce specific math skills throughout the school year.
Activity #1: Realtor Project (Topics: Percents, Commission, Simple Interest)
Activity #2: Menu Project (Topics: Operations with Decimals, Sales Tax, Gratuity)
Activity #3: Create an Ad Project (Topics: Find Sale and Original Price, Find Percent Off)
Activity #4: Numbers in My World (Topics: Number Sets, Scientific Notation, Exponents, etc. This
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5th - 8th
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Construct a Survey Lesson/Project Plan
This PDF document consists of three parts: a lesson plan, project instructions, and a grading rubric. The lesson has students construct a survey that will have at least two questions: one that is multiple choice and one that has a numerical answer. It can either be an individual assignment or a group assignment and takes 2-3 days. I used this towards the end of the year as a review exercise since it covers multiple concepts: percents, circle graphs, central tendency (with outliers), box-and-whis
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6th - 9th
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Parallel Lines & Transversals Project & Assessment
This project can be scaled up or down to take 2-4 days (1 hour class). Students will demonstrate their knowledge of parallel lines and transversals by:Researching real cities to explore the geometry by urban planningcreate their own city mappresenting their "real city" and its historical urban developmentexploring market research for store locationsThis is best used after students have learned vocabulary words and angle relationships with parallel lines and transversals. Students see the relevan
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8th - 10th
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Zoo Design - Area & Perimeter - PBL
If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here! Great for differentiation!Teach your students Area and Perimeter through creating their own Zoos!This fantastic no-prep resource guides students through researching and designing their own zoos. Students are guided through the process of researching zoo design, configuring the location/size of each structure, determining the area and/or perimeter of each building, and calculating the construction costs while sta
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4th - 9th
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Real World Math: Road Trip Project
Students will have to choose a car to take on a road trip with their friends then complete a series of questions relating to their trip. My students have done this project for the last three years and really enjoy it each year! Modifications can be made from year to year as gas, cars, and other costs change with very little effort. Students can do with or without a calculator at the teachers discretion and/or student ability.
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6th - 9th
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Middle School Math - Backpack Designer Project
Students will be working in teams to form Backpack Design Companies which will be competing with other teams to win the chance to become the featured backpack design for next year’s back-to-school sale. Teams will work together to improve the functionality, design, and physical comfort of backpacks so they will be more appealing to middle school students. Students will research the history and functions of backpacks in our society, develop new designs, build backpack prototypes, give and receiv
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Math - Full Year Curriculum Bundle - 2,000+ Pages
FREE Book Club Order Math Activity
Using addition, subtraction, and multiplication of decimals, your students will shop 'til they drop with the Book Club Order Form. All you will need are these pages and extra Book Club Order Forms.
Students are given a budget of $200 to choose books to "buy" from the book club order form. There are some stipulations though! They have to have multiple copies of at least 5 different titles (to practice multiplying) They also need a running total (to practice subtraction) and a final receipt
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4th - 8th
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Balancing a Checkbook Project
Students will use their knowledge of integers to balance their checkbook. They will practice skills of updating a check register and writing checks.
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6th - 8th
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Math Choice Board Grades 3-5
This math choice board gives students 9 activities to choose from. I applied the multiple intelligence theory into these projects. This can be when they are finished with their regular assignments, homework, or break assignments.
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3rd - 5th
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2023 Super Bowl Statistics Activity
This activity contains two stats sheets - one for the Philadelphia Eagles and one for the Kansas City Chiefs. Students are asked to use the data from the various tables to answer questions about the teams. This activity covers 1 variable statistics (mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, box-and-whisker plot, histogram, two-way tables).This would be great as a partner activity or class activity.
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7th - 12th
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