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Free middle school basic operations projects
Real Life Multiplication Project - Design a Restaurant
This 20 page product is a multi-level multiplication project for grades 3-5.
Geared to 4.NBT.5, students solve word problems and create menus, advertisements and floor plans to make their very own restaurant.
Three levels of difficulty are included so differentiation and multiple grade level use is easy!
Level 1 - one by two digit multiplication, area of rectangles
Level 2 - one by two/three digit multiplication, two by two digit multiplication, and area of rectangles
Level 3 - multi-digit
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3rd - 6th
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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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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Back to School Math: Project Based Learning 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Project based learning freebie for back to school! This is a great way to get your students prepared for project-based learning during the first weeks of school. This is a fantastic starter PBL for 3rd-5th.. and it's FREE!
This is a great activity to get students warmed up for Project-Based Learning the first week of school! It includes multiplication, division, graphing, and even a writing activity. This is great for teaching Project-Based Learning procedures and for reviewing math and logic s
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4th - 6th
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Math Review Project (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Word Problems)
This review project covers many different topics including: word and expanded form, addition and subtraction word problems, patterns, fact families, multiplication facts, and addition and subtraction problems. This is a great way to review important concepts in early mathematics!!!
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3rd - 6th
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4&5 Digit Addition + Subtraction⎮Project Based Learning⎮Digital and Printable
This addition + subtraction project can be used as a digital Google resource or can be printed and used in class. Students will have the opportunity to calculate costs relevant to three different luxury vacations and answer questions to make each destination unique for them by answering word problems. Project based learning allows students to use their math skills while being creative and applying their knowledge to real-life situations. What's Included In the Full Product?In this resource there
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4th - 6th
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Thanksgiving Dinner Project
Are you looking for a fun math project for Thanksgiving? Here's a great real world project, which asks students to host and plan their own dinner! Directions and rubric are included in this FREEBIE! Please leave us some feedback and let us know what you think!
Enjoy!-Top Floor Teachers
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3rd - 6th
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End of Year Theme Park Project FREEBIE
This project is perfect for the end of the year when you're looking for fun, engaging, projects for students to work on.
Design a theme park project that includes basic multiplication. Encourage students to be creative and make their own theme park with names! Calculate how much the theme park will cost and how long it will take to make a profit from ticket prices. Includes a rubric at the end as well.
This is not a very "frilly" looking assignment sheet, it is a basic assignment sheet with a
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4th - 8th
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Grocery Shopping Estimation Activity
How many times have you heard or groaned yourself, “Why do I need math? I’m never going to use it in real life!”
Well, here’s a chance to prove that wrong! Students will use their excellent estimation skills in a practical, “real-world” situation… grocery shopping!
Students will engage in addition, rounding/estimation, division, and even budgeting.
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4th - 6th
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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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Surface Area and Volume of Rectangular Prisms Activity/Lab
This is a worksheet that can go along with a Surface Area and Volume (of Rectangular Prisms) activity/lab. I have each student bring in an empty box (cereal, juice, shoe, etc). I then put the students in groups of (about) four and they must go through and measure each box while also determining it's surface area and volume.
This worksheet includes space for a box description, formula they are using, drawing (3-D and net), as well as work space to show computations.
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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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Foreign Currency Conversion Project FREEBIE - Upper Elementary
This product can be used for 4th, 5th, or 6th grade.
This Foreign Currency Project is perfect for enrichment as it uses a real world application to multiplying decimals. This can either be used for your entire class, or to challenge your higher level students. The project requires students to create a business in another country, find out the country’s currency, and create real world word problems in which they will need to convert this currency into those of other countries.
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4th - 6th
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Road Trip: Using multiplication to plan a cross-country trip
This is a fun extension project I’ve used with my 5th grade math students for several years. Over the course of a 6-week multiplication and division unit, my students would work on Road Trip after completing the lesson and activities for the day. It builds off multiplication and division concepts at its core, but draws upon mapping, planning, research and presentation skills. Students love to “shop” for cars and be in the driver’s seat of a cross-country road trip. I’ve had students work in
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4th - 6th
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Math Project: Restaurant Part 1
Math Project: Restaurant Part 1 is a math project that is designed for Grades 4-6 using math skills such as computation, area, perimeter, and customary measurement. Students will create a restaurant on 1/2 inch grid paper and then calculate various math problems based on their custom design. This is a creative project that allows for individual differences and creative problem solving. It is part 1 of a 4 part series.
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4th - 6th
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Mean Median Mode Range - Project
This project is designed to reinforce the concepts learned in your mean, median, mode, and range lesson. In this project, students will collaborate with one another to gather the following data: student's ages, student's height, student's number of siblings. Once they have collected their data, they will calculate the data set's mean, median, and mode.
This activity should take your students approximately 30 minutes to complete. It is a fun and interactive way for them to learn mean, median, mo
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5th - 7th
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Spring Break Trip - Budget Activity
A quick project to do with your travel loving kids! Puts a great focus on budget and allows students to really see how much their dream vacation may cost! (This specific download is for the specific week of March 19-26, I will upload a generic one as well!)
*This is a favorite activity for most of my students!
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8th - 12th
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Math Dictionary: End of Year Activity For Middle Schoolers
Math Dictionary Project complete with rubric, handout and instructions. Students find a definition, draw an example, and come up with a way to remember the idea (either a picture or phrasing).Students love putting their artistic talents to work. You can change the vocab to what you are currently using or use my prefilled middle school term. I have used them with success for the last 4 years with all levels of students.Please let me know what you think, I'd love feedback.
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6th - 8th
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Teach Your Students to Code Quickly with Scratch Programming Basics!
Now FREE! Here is a video if you are interested:How to Use Scratch in Your Classroom the Easy Way 2018Finally! Your students can get started and easily build their STEM and 21st Century skills from MIT's SCRATCH Programming! Quickly teach your students how to code great projects in your classroom. No coding experience needed! This guide will...-Help you set up your class login and student files properly; learn the pros and cons of class logins vs. student logins-Help you quickly navigate the too
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Community Project-Using Math in the Real World
I created this activity to help students see the relevance and importance of learning mathematics. Students are asked to chose a person whose occupation is of interest, conduct an interview with that person using the questions provided on the worksheet and create a report of their findings in terms of how that person uses math daily in their job. I then have students present their reports to the class using a video or PowerPoint presentation. Students quickly realize that math can be found and i
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6th - 12th
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Extra Large 11" x 17" Rounding Roller Coaster Math Craft
This fun way to reinforce rounding concepts allow students to learn in a way that allows them to express their creativity! Students will label the coaster cars from 1 to 9. Students will also label the midpoint that separates the rounding numbers.This can be done as a standalone activity or extend it by adding a writing piece (example included). Fun for learners of all ages is just around the corner.
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2nd - 6th
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Check Book
I use this for many different math projects. Kids enjoy learning how to write out checks and balance a checkbook.
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1st - 8th
Toothpick Bridge Project
This is a fun modification to the typical toothpick bridge project. For this project students will be assigned to groups and have one week to build their bridge in class only.
The bridge building process is made more realistic by giving students a budget to stick to (prices for supplies as well as fines they may incur are listed on the handout). Students will also be subjected to a daily special event that may help or hinder their bridge building process. The events I used in my class are prov
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7th - 12th
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All About Me Place Value Project
This is a great back-to-school and place value project for middle schoolers!
What is a middle school student's favorite subject? Themselves!
This project gives them step-by-step instructions on answering questions about themselves, and using various math operations to turn this information into a fun project. Other that the instructions, it also includes a small sample project, a pacing calendar, and a grading rubric.
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4th - 6th
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