13 results
Middle school decimals simulations $5-10
Checkbook Activity - Real Life Examples, Decimals
Trying to make math more meaningful for your students or give them a glimpse into using math in day to day life? This activity simulates having a checking account and all of the factors that contribute to the amount of money a person has.
The download of this activities includes:
-Directions for carrying out the activity
-Account ledgers (similar to what a checkbook ledger looks like)
-Activity cards (over 90 cards including starting balance, pay day, life activities)
This activity shows stud
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 12th
Types:
Real World Simulation Game
This activity puts students through a simulation where they have a job, salary, expenses and events that occur in order to simulate real life. The students must apply the use of percents, decimals, and positive or negative integers since they track their money through a check book register while traveling around a game board, competing against classmates.What is included?-career, fate, and destiny cards-game board-check book register-simulation outline-teacher notes/hints-student cheat sheet-loa
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
4th/5th STEAM Activity:Money, Decimals Percentage, Interest Rate, Stock Market!
This activity is AMAZING!!! We used this in conjunction with our math unit on fractions and decimals and our literacy unit on Using Money and The Stock Exchange. It incorporates literally every discipline! **Editable!
----->Students are given a weekly budgeting scenario, where they must manage their account balance, write checks, and calculate withdrawals and deposits on a check register.
It is differentiated to accommodate higher-level learners. This accelerated activity requires multiplyi
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Fantasy Baseball by Josh Hammond
This exciting and interactive unit is based in the Common Core State Standards - specifically covering the Statistics and Probability domain for 6th and 7th grade.
There are 10 lessons in all that teach students about probability, mean and median, statistical variation, and much more. Students will also build a team of players from scratch, participating in a live auction to do so. Students will then play interactive games against each other, and keep track of the player statistics through it a
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 8th
Decimals Bundle: Real World Tasks {Save 20% - Get an activity free!}
Buy this bundle and save 20%! With this deal you are getting an activity for free.
Use these activities and assessments to supplement your curriculum. These meaningful activities make decimals relevant and engaging by applying the concept to everyday tasks.
Included in This Bundle:
Add Decimals: Real World Task 5.NBT.7
Decimals: Estimating, Adding, and Multiplying [Real World Task] 5.NBT.7
Ordering Decimals: Help a Racing Company {Differentiated} 4.NF.7 & 5.NBT.3
Add, Subtract, and Multi
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Concession Stand Spread Sheet For Google Sheets
This assignment will cover many different topics across the curriculum, including, math, research, economics not to mention the main objective to get more familiar with using Google Sheets. It is a simulation that will give the students a real life experience of running a concession stand, They will research products that would sell best in their stand in order for them to earn a profit. They will set up the spreed sheet to keep track of the amount of money they have spent, how much profit they
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
Types:
Thanksgiving Meal Plan
GREAT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING!This is a planning sheet that allows students to meal plan their OWN Thanksgiving meal. They will look up or bring in family recipes and plug those ingredients into an ingredient list in Google Slides. They will then create a grocery list and look up prices on their local grocery store. (I have Walmart linked). If they are a 3rd/4th grader they will round the price to the nearest dollar. If they are a 5th/6th grader then they will keep their decimals (delete the roun
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Holiday Shopping Simulation
A great way to get kids motivated with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (and so much more)!!! Students work independently to create a holiday meal plan and gift list for their "family" while under a strict budget.
This PDF includes slips each student can draw giving them their "family" and "gift & food budget".
It will take approx 1-1.5 weeks to complete in class depending on how in depth you go.
I have my students calculate tax and incorporate coupons and sales.
A
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
What's Next? Planning For Your Future--A Problem Solving and Using Decimals
In this math problem-solving activity, students have graduated from high school and are ready to take on the world. They will need to find a job, a place to live, fill out a job application, plan menus, and stay on a budget. This activity is always a huge eye-opener for my fifth graders. It gets them thinking about the future and how much it really costs to live out there in the big old world. I have included some extensions at the end. One of my favorites is the job interview. One year, b
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 6th
Types:
MATH SIMULATION Worksheet Packet! Run an Arcade Mixed Math
This simulation can be used within several grades, depending on the level of your students. I recommend this for advanced 3rd grade, 4th grade and beginning of the year 5th grade.
There are 14 pages of simulating opening and operating a skating rink! (also INCLUDES 14 page ANSWER KEY)
Students are asked to add, subtract, multiply and divide their way through this packet as they determine start up and operating costs for their skating rink!
Numbers go up into seven digits.
Difficulty level
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fractions as Decimal and Percents E-Lab Handout- Ipad Interactive Activity
This exploration handout is to be used with the interactive Fraction Model E-Lab from the National Council of Teacher of Mathmatics. This activity is best completed on an Ipad or computer. The handout helps guide the exploration of different representations for fractions including improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percentages. Additionally, there are length, area, region, and set models. Adjust numerators and denominators to see how they alter the representations and models. Use t
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Also included in:Â Pre-Algebra Real-Life Applications
Showing 1-13 of 13 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands