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Illustrative Mathematics

Coupon Versus Discount

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
All too often stores give coupons for an item, but when you go into buy it, the item is on discount.  The store won’t take the coupon if the discount is used. So what do you do, use the coupon or take the discount? This activity helps...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Bake Sale

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Put math into action with the real-life scenario of a bake sale. The participants at this bake sale are ready to divide their fresh-baked cookies into bags. It is up to your number crunchers to help decide how many cookies should go in...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Summer Swimming

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a real-world application for systems of equations. When is it better to pay an enrollment fee and lower daily rate, and when is it better to pay the regular price? The local swim center is having a special offer, reductions in...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Fixing the Furnace

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
This comprehensive resource applies simultaneous equations to a real-life problem. Though the commentary starts with a graph, some home consumers may choose to begin with a table. A graph does aid learners to visualize the shift of one...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Painting a Barn

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
When painting a barn you have to calculate surface area, and that is exactly what this resource is about. Not only will your future home owners calculate the surface area, but also the cost. It is a real-life problem that every that...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Sports Equipment Set

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Many students like to play sports and the equipment that goes with it costs money. The resource sets up an inequality that gives a total amount needed to purchase the equipment and the initial amount of money already obtained. In order...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Drinking Juice, Variation 3

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
It is up to the learner to find the amount of juice originally in a bottle, knowing what fraction of the juice is left, and the amount that has been consumed. The accompanying commentary provides a useful and detailed description of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Drinking Juice, Variation 2

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
An excellent activity using word problems where pupils interpret and compute quotients of fractions. The commentary includes using a fraction bar model and equations to represent the problem. In this variation of the resource, the...
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Curated OER

Test Your Speaking And Listening Skills: A Fair Price?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this consumer awareness worksheet, students look at a shopping list and write what is a fair price for each item and how much is the maximum they would be willing to pay. Students discuss their lists and may visit stores to see if...
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Curated OER

Next Door Numbers-Decimals

For Students 5th - 9th
In this decimal worksheet, students solve 6 fill in the blank problems by adding decimals and providing the correct computation to complete the tower.
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Curated OER

Problem-Solving Application: Choosing Reasonable Answers

For Students 1st
For this reasonable answers worksheet, 1st graders apply their knowledge of how to select the most reasonable answer regarding the appropriate tool to use for measurement of different objects. There are 4 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

Shapes for Sale!

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this visual thinking learning exercise, students use the price tags on the 3 basic shapes at the top of the page to determine the costs of each of the 6 more complex shapes on the page. They then make their own complex shape and ask a...
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Curated OER

Money 9.1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this counting money worksheet, learners complete several different exercises that help them understand money and how to count both cents and dollars.
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Curated OER

Coins - Price

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this consumer math worksheet, students look at a price tag that is shown in each of 5 boxes. They circle the coins, which include dimes, pennies, and quarters, that match the price.
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SaveandInvest.org

The True Cost of Owning a Car

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Almost every teen wants a car, but can they really afford one? The lesson walks pupils through how to identify a budget, find all of the costs associated with car ownership, and determine if they should buy the car or keep looking.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Financial Fables: Shopping Wisely with Olivia Owl

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Cover two subjects with one lesson! First, dive into English language arts; read an eBook, answer comprehension questions, and complete a cause and effect chart about the financial fable, Shopping Wisely with Olivia Owl. Then, take a...
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Math Worksheets Land

Multistep Ratio and Percent Word Problems - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Math in real life IS a thing and your learners can see how when they practice ratio word problems. Use the handy ratio to convert between measurements and figure out the answer when given a change of information. Resource also comes with...
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Curated OER

Money Amounts

For Students 4th - 5th
In this consumer math worksheet, students write the amount of money they see in decimal form. They identify and total both paper money and coins in 4 examples. They identify bills up to $100 and coins from a penny to a dollar.
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Curated OER

Write the Money in Decimal Form

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this consumer math activity, students total the monetary amounts using both paper money and coins in 4 examples. They work with paper money up to $50 bill and coins up to quarters.
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Curated OER

Saving Money

For Students 5th
In this consumer math worksheet, 5th graders read a word problem describing a money earning scenario. Students solve to answer two short-answer questions about the word problem.
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Interactive
Noetic Learning

Counting Change

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this online/interactive consumer math learning exercise, learners read a statement telling the amount of sales and the amount paid and make change showing the number of dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies needed. Students...
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Yummy Math

Sweethearts Candy

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Sweethearts® candies are a beloved Valentine's Day treat—so much so that eight billion hearts are produced every year around the world! Learners use number sense reasoning and critical thinking to solve nine word problems about the...
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Assessment
DECA

Sample Exam: Personal Financial Literacy

For Students 11th - 12th
Looking for a way to assess pupils' personal financial literacy? A 100-question, multiple-choice exam provides a good understanding of what class members already know and need to know about personal finance. 
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EngageNY

Markup and Markdown Problems

For Teachers 7th Standards
There is a 100 percent chance this resource will help pupils connect percents to financial literacy. Young mathematicians use their knowledge of percents to find markups and markdowns in financial situations in the seventh segment in a...

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