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8th grade math simulations for Microsoft Excel

Preview of Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)

Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)

A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation. Students will create a budget: -Based on their future career choice. -Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet. -Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).
Preview of Why Paying the Minimum is Bad - Credit Card Debt Calculator - Percents

Why Paying the Minimum is Bad - Credit Card Debt Calculator - Percents

This Excel file is set up to show students how quickly debt can add up if they only pay the minimum balance on a credit card. The spreadsheet is already formatted to do the calculations for you! All you have to change is your initial credit card balance and change the APR and minimum payment balance to fit different scenarios. This is a quick way to show your students the "big picture" when it comes to credit card debt. It is also a nice way to introduce students to applications of percents
Preview of Planning Documents for Reality Check

Planning Documents for Reality Check

Starting package for the Reality Check- Budget Experience Bundle.This package includes all of the planning templates you need to run your own experience. It includes timelines, tasks, planner pages and useful documents.
Preview of Credit Card Interest Example Excel Spreadsheet

Credit Card Interest Example Excel Spreadsheet

An easy to understand and simple way to introduce students to how credit card interest can works and how quickly debt can build up. Simply fill in the two highlighted cells with the credit card rate and how much was spent on the card and the spreadsheet will self populate to show the first 12 months, two years, three years, four years, five years, ten years, 10 years, 20 years and 25 years. A must see for all future credit card owners and a great way to show the real-life application of decimals
Preview of Demonstrate Ordering Numbers with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Ordering Numbers with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Ordering Numbers from whole numbers, integers, positive rational, rational, and real numbers. Self-correcting quiz format that automatically generates a new set of numbers. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Linear Equations in 2 Variable Graphs with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Linear Equations in 2 Variable Graphs with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Linear Equations in 2 Variables. Equation formats include general form, slope-intercept form, point-slope form, and point-point form. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Interactive Power Pole Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

Interactive Power Pole Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers

This interactive exercise allows students to see in real time the logic of positive and negative numbers. It is a real life scenario as a new employee of a power company, they must learn how to set a power pole. By entering the length of the pole in the first column, and how deep of a hole the pole must be placed in as a negative number, the resulting amount is populated in the third column which represents the amont of the pole that will remain above ground. In the chart to the right, studen
Preview of Demonstrate Absolute Value Equality in 2 Variables with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Absolute Value Equality in 2 Variables with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of solutions to absolute value equalities in 2 variables such as y=|x|, y=a|x|, y=a|x+b|, and y=a|x+b|+c. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Absolute Value Equalities in 1 Variable with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Absolute Value Equalities in 1 Variable with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of solutions to absolute value equalities in 1 variable such as |x|=d, |x-b|=d, a|x-b|=d, and a|x-b|+c=d. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate One-Variable Equations in 2-Dimensions with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate One-Variable Equations in 2-Dimensions with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of One-Variable Equations in 2-Dimensions. Graph types include vertical (x=c), horizontal (y=c), and both types on one graph. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Basic Statistics Plots with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Basic Statistics Plots with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Basic Stem-n-Leaf plot, Box and Whisker plot, and Frequency plot. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Coding for Physics - Projectile Motion

Coding for Physics - Projectile Motion

Created by
fay4physics
A spreadsheet template that teaches simple mathematical coding in order to solve equations of motion. Includes a video demonstration of how to write all code. Once complete, students may input initial conditions and computer will auto-calculate displacement in two axis (x-axis or range, y-axis or height) and velocity in both axis and then graphs results. Teacher's Edition is hidden on each page with additional video resources, and link to Google Sheets version of this activity. To find open
Preview of Demonstrate Compare Basic Statistical Graphs with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Compare Basic Statistical Graphs with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of comparing basic statistical graphs such as XY-scatter, Line, Column, Bar/Histogram, Area, and Pie, with the ability to select Ribbon, 3-d Column, 3-d Bar, 3-d Area, or 3-d Pie. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Slopes of Parallel & Perpendicular Lines with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Slopes of Parallel & Perpendicular Lines with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Graph Plotting Basics with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Graph Plotting Basics with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of Basic Graph Plotting. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate the Creation of a Pie Chart with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate the Creation of a Pie Chart with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of creating a Pie chart from start to finish. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Demonstrate Absolute Value Inequalities in 1 Variable with Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Absolute Value Inequalities in 1 Variable with Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration solutions to absolute value inequalities in 1 variable such as less than, less than or equal to, greater than, and greater than or equal to. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of Digital Yahtzee

Digital Yahtzee

Created by
TeachingMrB
This digital version of Yahtzee is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and is an easy way to integrate ICT and fun into any maths classroom!Scorecards can automatically calculate totals, or students can calculate manually themselves. The spreadsheet contains the 5 dice, hold functions and calculations all within the sheet. The digital dice themselves can be used for any activity beyond Yahtzee, and you can even use this sheet to teach students about the capabilities of Excel using macros. Give it a wh
Preview of Demonstrate Acute, Right, Obtuse, Straight Angles with an Animated Excel File

Demonstrate Acute, Right, Obtuse, Straight Angles with an Animated Excel File

Created by
Stanley Matsuda
Simple to use animated Excel file for in class demonstration of acute, right, obtuse, and straight angles. Move scroll bars, select option buttons, type numbers, and watch these mathematical concepts come alive. You must use Microsoft Excel that is capable of opening file formats in either .xlsx or .xlsm.
Preview of The Cow Game - Classroom Management Farm Simulation

The Cow Game - Classroom Management Farm Simulation

Created by
David Locke
(This is the advanced version of the Cow Game. I recommend teachers start with the free basic version, which is a fully functional version only missing the advanced features. Downloading the preview file will give you the complete basic version including a demonstration video that will show you how the Cow Game works.) The Cow Game is an easy to run classroom management dairy farm simulation game in which students work in teams to raise cows. In the simulation, turning in homework and working
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