Student determine a safe debt load. For this credit interview lesson, students explore the importance of budgeting, saving and investing. They examine the pros and cons of using a credit card. Students discuss how to build credit, apply...

Fourth graders read and share chapters of The Boxcar Children. In this wants and needs lesson, 4th graders understand through their reading the differences between wants and needs. Students complete a worksheet about wants and needs...

Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they...

In this vacation planning worksheet, students plan a vacation.  They determine the approximate cost of their vacation.  Students complete an itenrary and  graphic organizer to identify daily costs of the vacation. ...

In this word problems worksheet, 5th graders read and solve the five word problems about grocery costs. Students must show their work.

Fourth graders add and subtract decimals as they use a table to solve budget based problems.

In this circuits worksheet, students answer 25 questions about passive integrator circuits and passive differentiator circuits given schematics showing voltage. Students use calculus to solve the problems.

Young scholars solve equations representing exponential functions. For this algebra lesson, students interpret their equations by analyzing the slope and y intercept. They find the slope using the slope formula.

Students solve inequalities and graph it on a number line. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite word problems into algebraic equations and graph it using compound inequalities.

In this addition instructional activity, 2nd graders read and solve word problems. In this fill in the blank instructional activity, students solve five problems.

For this math word problem worksheet, 4th graders solve the word problems using either addition or multiplication skills. Students are given 2 problems to practice the skills.

Students use a variety of Web sites to obtain specific information about the campaign finances of different Presidential hopefuls. They create graphs that illustrate all of the aspects of campaign finances researched,

In this checking account register in the financial life of a teenager worksheet, students read and solve word problems. Students solve 10 problems.

Students investigate the recycling system in the United States by participating in an online activity.  In this environmental care lesson, students research what makes up our trash output in this country and where it goes....

Students make good decisions about making purchases of items on sale and explain how percentages effect cost.

Students calculate how much it costs to buy a used car and finance it through a bank. They select a car from the newspaper, conduct Internet research on current auto loan interest information for four different states, and create a...

In this counting apples worksheet, students color and cut out four apple baskets with specific numbers on them and twenty-five apples. Students fill each basket with the specific number of apples requested.

In this word problems learning exercise, students determine the fraction of a whole. In this fill in the answer learning exercise, students solve three problems.

In this finding the ratio worksheet, students solve fractions of a share, fraction of the total, total number, length, and perimeter of a rectangle by using ratios. Students solve ten word problems.

In this ratio activity, 6th graders practice problem solving 10 mathematical word problems involving the ratio between measurements and triangles.

Students study the basic economic trilogy (scarcity, choice, and costs). In this money management instructional activity, students use a scenario of a High School Prom to calculate how scarcity, choice and cost apply by completing...

Looking for a way to challenge young trick-or-treaters? Fifth and sixth graders solve hard, harder, and hardest word problems about Halloween.

In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students use inequalities to solve verbal problems.  The one page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are included

Young scholars determine how much they would need to feed a family for a month. They plan meals and use Internet grocery stores to find the cost of individual food items. They brainstorm in small groups to come up with 1 weeks worth of...