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Selling Fuel Oil at a Loss
Learners are asked to advise a fuel oil dealer on a possible investment. They must use two different rates to set up an equation and solve to determine how much oil he should sell now to break even after selling the remainder the next...
Visa
Financial Forces: Understanding Taxes and Inflation
Take the opportunity to offer your young adults some important financial wisdom on the way taxes and inflation will affect their lives in the future. Through discussion and review of different real-world scenarios provided...
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Shop 'Til You Drop
Learners evaluate food prices. In this real world math lesson plan, students compare the cost of various grocery items to determine which is the best deal. They work in groups using grocery ads to decide how to get the most product for...
Doing Maths
Insulating the House
Finding the area of a rectangle is the focus of this metric worksheet. Here, mathematicians use their knowledge of finding the area of a shape in meters to discover how much material can fit inside a shape.
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Making Change
Students investigate how to make change when purchasing items. In this making change lesson plan, students examine a scenario to calculate the correct change. Students play Bingo based on information and calculations to...
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Jesus And The Rise Of Christianity
Students examine social change. In this Christianity lesson, students explore the history of Jesus and his teachings. Students research the social classes of the time period and then present skits to their classmates that present their...
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Sunshine Math-2
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 8 varied word problems. Included are money, addition and subtraction, counting and fractions.
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Sunshine Math- 3
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied word and story problems. Included are greater than/less than, multiplication and division, perimeter, patterns and money.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, IV
In this math problem solving worksheet, students complete 6 problems that include: pictographs, reasoning, basic operations, and money.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XIX
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7problems that include skills in fractions, calculators, money, measurement, calendars and basic operations.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XVI
In this math applications instructional activity, learners solve 8 word problems that include basic operations, money, reasoning, and telling time.
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XI
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 7 story problems that include: estimating, money, patterns and calendars.
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Sunshine Math- 5 Saturn, III
In this problem solving worksheet, learners complete 8 varied problems that include: money, pictographs, fractions, symmetry and basic operations.
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Sunshine Math- 3 Mars, III
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include: elapsed time, basic operations, money, patterns and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XIII
In this math applications worksheet, students complete 7 varied questions that include: adding money, counting, estimation, symmetry and reasoning.
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Sunshine Math- 5 Saturn, VI
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 problems pertaining to probability, patterns, coins, order of operations, graphs and equations.
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The Color of Money
Students explore the success of members of racial and ethnic minorities in the business world through discussing a related New York Times article. They interview successful people in various professions who would be considered minority.
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Living Below Our Means
Common-sense strategies that can help teachers achieve financial security through frugality.
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Hands On: Multiply Whole Numbers and Fractions
Learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
Yummy Math
Diapers
Most of your students probably think a car or college is the first big expense their parents could help them with, but as it turns out these kids have been costing their parents for their whole lives. Have they ever considered how much...
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Credit and Debt: Decisions, Decisions...
Borrowing money seems like a great idea until you are in over your head. High schoolers learn the benefits and risks associated with credit and how to be a responsible borrower. More than just credit cards, they...
Perkins School for the Blind
Coin Identification
You got some money, and you're not afraid to use it. Before you can use that money, you need to know what it's worth. Included is a set of activity instructions that will help your visually impaired learners indentify coins. Pupils...
Illustrative Mathematics
Chocolate Bar Sales
In this real-world example, algebra learners start to get a sense of how to represent the relationship between two variables in different ways. They start by looking at a partial table of values that define a linear relationship. They...
Perkins School for the Blind
Grocery Shopping
Grab those reusable bags, it's time to go shopping! Intended to foster independent living skills in learners with visual impairments, the lesson covers several topics related to grocery shopping. They start by planning a meal, reading...