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Coin Combinations Lesson
Students identify how many coins: quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies equals a given dollar amount.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns
Students investigate the concept of using proportions to compare quantities while also practicing calculations for foreign exchange rates. They develop the skill of solving for unknown quantities of money while using an algebraic equation.
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Australian Currency
Students investigate currency and exchange rates. In the middle school mathematics instructional activity, students use ratio and proportion to convert from Australian currency to the U.S. dollar and vice verse. Students create their...
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Multiple Coin Combinations Lesson
Second graders identify different coin combinations that equal the same amount.
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A Penny for Your Height
Students investigate measurement. In this fifth/sixth grade mathematics lesson, students explore the relationship between inches and centimeters. Students measure their height in inches or centimeters and convert the measurement.
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Teach Financial Literacy Through Mathematics
Students need to learn the important life skill of managing money.
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The Consumer Price Index: A Measure of Inflation
Learners examine inflation over the years and learn to calculate how it changes over time. In this money management lesson, students learn how price changes affect their purchasing power, how to come up with strategies for dealing with...
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Tourist and Traveler Information
Pupils work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.