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Starbucks Drinks
The casual language and popular topic will make this assignment all the more engaging for your middle school math class. They use Starbucks beverage sales and nutrition values to practice ratios, proportions, statistics, and...
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50 State Quarter Game
Learners, using their knowledge of place value and number sense, play this counting game in small groups, or as a whole class, to see who be the first person to reach 50 cents.
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Count Your Pennies
Students analyze and compare imagery and symbolism in ancient Greek and contemporary U.S. coins.
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Flip a Coin
Students are introduced to the concept of probability. In groups, they make a prediction about how many times a coin might show heads or tails when flipped. They carry out the experiment and record their results to compare it to their...
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Problems With Arithmetic
In this money word problems worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which money is added and subtracted. Note: This is English pounds and pence.
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E3 Practice Assessment - Pets
In this assessment learning exercise, 3rd graders complete eight pages of math assessment. Students solve problems related to money and a bar graph. Students solve word problems involving rounding and computation.
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Chances Are...
Young scholars examine the probability of an event. In this probability lesson, students determine whether it is likely that an event will occur in coin flipping activities. They work with two and four coins, and one die in three...
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Because of Winn Dixie Activity
In this Because of Winn Dixie worksheet, 4th graders use characters from the story to complete a problem solving activity. Students must determine which items to buy and how to earn the money for those items. There are five different...
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Percent of change
In this percent of change worksheet, learners figure out the percent of money amount if something is on sale and it is a certain percentage of the price. Students solve 9 problems.
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Problem Solving: Write an Expression
Here is a writing expressions worksheet in which learners write an expression to solve a set of 6 word problems; all problems relate to money.
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Practice Regrouping with 10 to 14
For this subtraction with regrouping worksheet, students learn to solve the subtraction word problems using regrouping. Students learn to regroup with the numbers 10 to 14.
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File Card Bridges
Students make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. In this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will hold.
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Environmental Math Problems Grades 5-8
In this word problem worksheet, learners solve 2 leveled word problems that are based on environmental issues. They work on problems that are leveled for grades 5 -8 and use concepts associated with money, percents, weight, and large...
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Extension: Using Variables and Expressions
Here is a variables and extensions learning exercise in which learners create variable tables to solve a set of seven problems, then discuss which businesses described in the problems they would like to start.
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Problem Solving with the Wilderness Classroom
Young scholars complete 45 multiple choice math word problems. In this math word problems lesson plan, students solve word problems on time, graphing, all four operations, money, and more.
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Spring Fling Carnival
Think critically — and linearly by applying linear equations to solve real-world problems. Young mathematicians write equations to model the profit on popcorn and cotton candy at a carnival and solve problems using these equations.
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I Want It All!
Third graders understand the economics of choices in buying. For this goods and services lesson, 3rd graders participate in activities to make choices about purchases. Students write stories, answer questions, and complete worksheets to...
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What If You Could Change the World?
You can support service learning in your kindergarten through eighth grade classroom and see learning objectives come to life.
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Cost analysis
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders analyze a problem in which basic assumptions must be made about cost and demand for the product or item. Students use a graph to make predictions and determine the best price at which to sell an...
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The Gold Bags Problem
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite a word problem using symbols and use algebra to find the answer. There is an answer key.
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Subtraction
In this problem solving worksheet, 4th graders solve the answers to 5 subtraction sentence word problems. Students write their equations and answers in the boxes provided.
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Multiply Whole Numbers and Decimals
In this decimals worksheet, students analyze the data on a table and then read and solve 6 problems. Students read the story problems and multiply a decimal number by a whole number to solve.
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Too Much Information
In this solving word problems with too much information worksheet, students read to find the information needed and apply that to solve the problems. Students solve six problems.
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Home Energy Audit: Measuring Energy Worksheet
In this measuring energy worksheet, students calculate the annual cost to run an appliance for a year. They determine how much energy and money can be saved by replacing light bulbs with fluorescent lights and they read electric meters...