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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Mental Math Blocks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this mathematics worksheet, students solve various types of problems in each of the squares. They use symbols to compare numbers. They also divide and multiply.
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Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders show combinations for $1.00. In this dollar combinations instructional activity, 2nd graders use nickels, dimes, and quarters to model and count combinations equaling $1.00.
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Money Sense

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars identify the value of quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, and use a variety of coins to show the value of a dollar. They count the exact amount of purchase.
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Money

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use play coins to solve problems. They imagine that someone handed them two coins. One is a quater and one is a dime. Students are asked by feeling the shapes of the coins, how could they tell which one was the quater? They are...
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Money Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review coins and their values. In this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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Two Ways to Write Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities to learn about money and how to write money. In this money instructional activity, 2nd graders watch a video about ways to write money. Students work in groups with play money and come up with two ways...
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Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this math literacy worksheet, young scholars are shown coins in picture form for 10 problems and are expected to figure the amount of money for each.
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Investing Money

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in an simulated investment activity. They examine the purpose of different types of investments before they predict which will be the most successful. Finally, they simulate investing $1,000 in stocks, $1,000 in...
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Investing Money

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders invest and track their pretend $3,000 over a period of time. They pretend to invest $1,000 each in stocks, $1,000 in a saving account, and $1,000 in some type of "metal."
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Making Cookies- How many per hour?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure how long it takes to make cookies. In this measuring time activity, 5th graders explore how to manage time. Students decide when to start making breakfast on time, how to calculate playing time into their lunch...
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Show Me the Money

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Pupils investigate financial applications of mathematics in this mathematics lesson. They will investigate equations that represent a company’s income, expense, and profit functions and use those equations to identify break even points...
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Multiplication and Areas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders solve problems involving measurement of squares and rectangles to practice multiplication skills, finding area, and calculating prices and percentages. A performance assessment is included.
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A Mass of Pennies

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners estimate and determine the number of cents (pennies) that are needed to equal the mass of a variety of common objects. They develop a process for measuring and explore concepts related to units of measurement.
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Solving Word Problems with Fish

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Send your class fishing...for the right answers! Small groups collaborate to create math word problems based on the fish in their classroom aquarium or on the aquarium itself. After all groups determine the answer for their ownproblem,...
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Math TODAY - The New Color of Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers work with large numbers when determining the height of a stack of $20 bills.
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Half of a Half

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After your math classes have been introduced to fractions (especially those with denominators of two, four, and eight), introduce them to fractions on a number line with this lesson. Using a meter length of tape, show your class where...
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The Yo-Yo Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do yo-yos and pennies have to do with linear equations? Learn about writing and solving linear equations while considering the Yo-Yo Problem and Penny Pattern Exploration from the High School Math Project. Learners utilize algebra...
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Problem Solving with the Wilderness Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students 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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Penny Jar

For Teachers K - 6th
Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies.  In this penny counting lesson, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have.  Students read a book about money. Students...
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Calculating and Applying Basic Probability

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the basic concepts of probability. In this probability lesson, 8th graders learn the associated probability. They work with spinners, colored cubes in a bag, flip coins, and choose colored candies while they...
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How Rich Is Rich?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich, Last Sunday" by Judith Viorst. They watch a video of the book and identify and record amounts of money mentioned in the story. They investigate money-related websites.
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In the Bag!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils calculate how many quarters are in a $1,000 bag (after learning the dollar value of filled coin bags). They explain their problem-solving strategy using pictures, numbers, equations, and/or words.
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Purchasing Items Using “One-More-Than” Technique

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
While the method described to help learners with special needs is sound, it could create unforeseen issues. They are taught through structured practice, how to count out one dollar in coins and then add the dollar amount to it, to...