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7th Grade Word Problems
Challenge seventh graders with word problems covering advanced topics like linear equations and inequalities. These exercises develop critical analysis. Use them to deepen comprehension and prepare students for high school math.
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Drawing Nets for 3-D Objects: Applied & Real-World Math 6th 7th 8th
Math, Geometry, Measurements, Grade 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets, Activities
Here is an 8th grade math lesson that incorporates Indigenous cultural learning along with math skills for calculating surface area and volume, drawing different views of 3-D objects, and constructing nets for 3-D objects. Students will learn about indigenous bentwood boxes and practice drawing nets of these items to help calculate surface area and volume in real-world scenarios. How to Use: Print four pages of worksheets for each student. Go through the first page together to learn about bentwood boxes. Either show the video and webpages to the whole class or let students complete research in pairs or small groups. They must sketch at least one bentwood box and take some notes. Next, students complete calculations with the sample red box. NOTE: Assume the lid sits ON the sides (and does not cover the sides) like a true bentwood box. I have only used right angles here, which is not completely realistic for a bentwood box, but is appropriate for this level of math. The sides of the lid would have to be thick for this to work in real life. Students calculate the volume and surface area of the box and consider how capacity is different than volume in this case. On pages three and four, students draw nets for the three pieces of the bentwood box and use a simple scale (1 grid square = 8cm). Remind them that the box’s sides are made from one continuous piece of wood that is scored and bent. Finally, students can create a design on their net. See if they can determine what way the pieces fit together to ensure their design is oriented correctly. This is a great way to apply geometry learning to a real-life task, and it incorporates indigenous culture into your math classroom. Grades to Use With: This lesson was specifically designed for British Columbia Mathematics 8 curriculum, but it can work in any classroom that is learning about surface area, volume, and nets of 3-D shapes in grades 6, 7, or 8. What's Included: 6-Page PDF: Ready to Print and Use! - Teacher Instructions - Learn about Bentwood Boxes Handout - Calculating Volume & Surface Area Worksheet - Drawing Nets Worksheets - Complete Answer Key
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Tags Nets, Geometry Nets, 3-d Objects, Bentwood Boxes, First Peoples Principles, Applied Math, Real World Math, Middle School Math, Middle School Geometry, Surface Area
Create Your Dream Store – Decimal Math Project
Life Studies, Math, Addition and Subtraction, Addition, Decimals, Money, Finance, Business, Career, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities, Projects
This is an engaging math project that lets students apply math skills to a realistic situation: opening their own store! Grades to Use With: This project is perfect to use with your middle grades students in grades 5-8. It could also be a great addition to a high school life skills class studying finance, business, or careers. How to Use: Each of your students has won $2,000,000 in the lottery, and they are going to use it to open their very own store! They create a budget for a new business venture by considering the costs to rent a commercial storefront in your area, pay employees, and buy all of the supplies and stock they will need. They can do research on the internet to find out the prices of rental properties and the supplies they will need. They can do decimal calculations by hand or with a calculator. This will include adding decimals and multiplying decimals. Extension: Students who finish early can create an advertisement to attract customers to their new store. You could even have a day where each student presents their unique store idea to the class. What's Included: A total of 5 pages: Title Page and 4 page PDF assignment Standards: CCSS5.NBT.B.7 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. CCSS7.NS.A.3 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. If you enjoy this math project, check out some other options in my store: Math in the Real World: Personal Math Research Project for STEM, Enrichment, or Early Finishers Financial Literacy: Household Budget Project: Taxes, Insurance, Loans, Rent, Groceries and More!
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Tags Math Project, Store Design, Budget, Decimal Calculations, Group Work, Financial Literacy, Applied Math, Money, Business, Project
Real World Math Word Problems- Problem Solving Bundle Test Prep 5 6 7
Math, Percentages, Time, Money, Decimals, Fractions, Measurements, Multiplication and Division, Division, Grade 5, 6, 7, Tests, Quizzes and Tests, Teacher Tools, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Word Problems
Grade 5-7 Problem Solving Bundle: 3 Double Sided Worksheets Here is a bundle of real world math word problems that you can use with your students in 5th, 6th, or 7th grade. The word problems cover topics including time, measurement (in both metric and imperial units), fractions, money, percentage, and more! Features: Three double-sided worksheets of problem solving questions. These activities cover essential mathematical topics including time, money, measurements (both in the imperial and metric versions), ratios, percentages, fractions and more. Great as a tool for state or provincial test preparation in both the United States and Canada. Suitable for whole class review or small group/partner discussions which foster collaborative work among students. Could be assigned as individual homework as well. How to Use: I used one doubled sided worksheet with my students each term as a way to review prior skills and practice techniques for solving word problems effectively. I would ask individual students to demonstrate how they solved a particular problem on the white board: my students love becoming the teacher and this is a great way to show that there are multiple ways to tackle the same problem. What's Included: A total of 8 pages in PDF Format: Title Page 3 Double Sided Worksheets Complete Answer Key Included Grades to Use With: These problems are specifically designed to review topics taught in grades 5, 6 and 7 math: time, money, ratio, percent, fractions, and more! If you enjoy this product, check out many other middle grades math activities in my store: Seasonal Math: Gingerbread Math: Fractions, Decimals, Percent Valentine's Day Shopping St. Patrick's Day Math Game: Whole Class Multiplication Game Math Games: Decimal Place Value Game: Tenths to Millionths Exponent Board Game Inequality Matching Game Financial Literacy: Financial Literacy: My Party Budget: Decimal and Percentages Application Financial Literacy: My Household Budget Project for Elementary Christmas or Winter Holidays Budget
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Tags Problem Solving, Math Activities, Word Problems, Test Prep, Math Problem Solving, Math Word Problems, Time, Money, Measurement, Real World Math
Statistics Word Problems: Compare Two Data Sets of Annual Salaries
Math, Graphing, Measurements, Statistics, Grade 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Word Problems
This middle school math lesson allows your students in grades 6-8 to apply the statistical skills they have been learning in class to a real-world financial literacy scenario: the annual salaries of workers who have a college degree compared to those who do not have one. It is a real world math activity that includes five worksheets all ready to go! Your students will: - Make two dot plots to display two data sets (that are included with the lesson): wages for people with a college degree and those without - Share observations about the distribution of data in each set - Calculate the mean, median and interquartile range for each data set - Draw inferences about whether there is an effect of a college education on someone's annual salary - Consider if the sample that was used is representative This lesson was designed to specifically address 7th Grade Common Core Math Standards for the Statistics and Probability strand: 7.SP.A.1 7.SP.B.3 7.SP.B.4 What's Included: 7 Page PDF- Ready to Print and Use! - Title Page with Teacher Instructions - Student Handout that has Two Data Sets (with 20 items each) - Dot Plot Worksheet (for students to graph and compare two dot plots) - 2-Page Measures of Central Tendency and Variation Worksheet - Reflection Worksheet - Answer Key If you enjoy this statistics lesson, check out other fun options in my store: Middle School Math Stations or Centers for Statistics and Probability: 5 Math Centers that are a great way to prepare for a unit test! Create Dot Plots and Histograms: 6th Grade Statistics and Graphing Practice: Students create and carry out their own survey and then graph it two ways! Identifying and Writing Statistical Questions for 6th Grade Math: Help your students learn ways to collect data and try it out!
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Tags Statistics, Compare Data Sets, Financial Literacy, Dot Plots, Statistics Word Problems, Compare Data Distributions, Mean, Median, Interquartile Range, Graphing Data
Two Step Equations Worksheet: Writing & Solving Real-Life Equations
Math, Algebra, Grade 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
When teaching your students key algebra skills, it can often seem detached from the real world. Use this ready-to-go set of worksheets to help your students see how simple algebra can help solve real life problems that occur in everyday living. This product addresses simple two-step equations and the basics of algebra: doing the same thing to each side of an equation. How to Use: With this resource, learners get to see firsthand how two-step equations become useful tools in everyday situations. The package begins by presenting them with a sample scenario, presented in an easy-to-use handout, which will serve as both guide and template for subsequent activities. Then students put theory into practice by writing two-step equations representing simple real-life scenarios – distance, money, cooking and more! For each situation, students write an equation, solve the equation, and then check their solution by putting it back into the equation: an important final step. Grades to Use With: This lesson is designed for students in grades 6-8 who are learning the basics of algebra: writing equations, using variables, solving two-step equations, and checking their solution. It could also be used in high school special education classes as it is designed to be learner-friendly and includes step-by-step instructions and graphic organizers. What's Included: 7 Page PDF including: Title Page Sample Scenario Handout Three pages of realistic Practice Questions- with graphic organizers to keep students organized and focused A page with an extension activity (create your own problem) and an important Self-Assessment so students can see where they may need extra practice A complete answer key If you enjoy this algebra activity , check out other real world activities in my store: The Wave Pool Problem: Patterns, Expressions and Graphing Independent and Dependent Variables in Grade 6 Math: Hockey Math Solving Systems of Equations Using Substitution Inequality Matching Game Exponent Board Game
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Tags Algebra, Two Step Equations, Equations, Word Problems, Real World Math, Middle School Math, Variables, Writing Two Step Equations, Two Step Equations Worksheet, Two Step Equations Worksheets
Multiplying and Dividing Integers Rules: Handout 6th 7th Grade Math
Math, Number Lines, Multiplication and Division, Division, Numbers, Multiplication, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets, Teacher Tools, Outlines
Do you need a single cheat sheet or succinct handout for your multiplying and dividing integers unit? This page has it all in one place: perfect for your students to refer back to again and again throughout multiple lessons. It includes real-world examples of each integer rule for multiplication and division so students can start to understand why you apply each rule! How to Use: Use this handout at the beginning of your unit to introduce the ideas behind the integer rules for multiplication and division. Have your students complete the sample questions as a quick assessment or homework task. Remind your students to refer back to this sheet when they are unsure about integer rules. Even allow some (or all) of your students to use it as a reminder/aid during the unit test! Three Parts: - Visual & colour coded cheat sheet - Sample real-life scenarios to demonstrate each rule (even why negative times negative is a positive!) [For example: You owe some friends $6 each. If 2 friends take those debts away: -2 x -$6 = +$12 You have $12 more.] - 15 Practice questions If you enjoy this product, check out my Adding and Subtracting Integers Math Stations! There are five different stations with a variety of integer activities from word problems, to a game, and real-world math activities. Grades to Use With: This handout is perfect for the middle grades (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade) when you are introducing integer rules for operations with integers. It could also be useful in a high school special education classroom. What's Included: 2 Page PDF: Title Page and One-Page Student Handout and Worksheet Standards: 6th and 7th Grade Number System: Understand integers and how to perform operations with them. Check out my store Grace Under Pressure for dozens more math ideas!
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Tags Integers, Multiplying Integers, Dividing Integers, Middle School Math, Cheat Sheet, Handout, Dividing Integers Worksheet, Multiplying Integers Worksheet, Integer Rules
Ratios, Rates, Percentages Worksheets: Applied Math Housing Math
Special Resources, Life Skills, Life Studies, Home Economics, Finance, Math, Percentages, Fractions, Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
Would you like to show your middle grades students in grades 6-9 how the ratio and rate math skills (percentages, fractions, ratios, and rates) that they have been learning in the classroom can be helpful in their real lives? Would you like to incorporate more useful life skills in your math class? Then, show your students all the ways math can be used in buying and/or renting homes! This makes math meaningful and helps engage reluctant learners! What's Included: 6 pages of worksheets that are ready to print and use (great to make a booklet or mini-unit) A Complete Answer Key is Included 1) Design Your Floorplan: Students will design a simple one-storey house that includes five rooms and hallways. They will calculate what percent of the home each room occupies. 2) Down Payments: Students will calculate the down payment & mortgage loan amount for different scenarios using whole-number percents or fractions. 3) Mortgage Payments: Students will use ratios, fractions, or percentages to help calculate how much of their monthly mortgage payment will go to interest & how much will go to paying down the loan/principal. 4) Interest Rates: Students will calculate a monthly interest payment using a variety of past interest rates. They will multiply the mortgage amount owing by the percent (written as a decimal) and then divide by 12. 5) Square Foot per Person: Students will practice calculating a simple real-world rate: square feet of living space for each person in a home. This can vary a lot in different cities and with different family situations. 6) Cost per Square Foot: Students will calculate another common rate: cost per square foot. They will compare four price points for buying and four more options for renting and determine the best deal for each situation.
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Tags Ratio Worksheets, Rate Worksheets, Percent Worksheets, Percentage Worksheets, Ratios And Rates, Percent, Housing Math, Life Skills, Applied Math, Buy A House
Winter Percents Word Problems Digital Escape Room
Math, Winter, Seasons, Holiday & Seasonal, Percentages, Grade 5, 6, 7, Escape Room, Activities, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
While percent problems might seem easy, some of the trickier aspects of these problems can occur when the student is also trying to determine if they are calculating the part, percent, or whole. To add a little extra practice with these types of problems, especially within a winter theme, there is a Digital Winter Break Escape Room that gives them the practice opportunities that are required. Here, instead of completing a series of problems, these individuals become a character within a story that requires them to use percent problems to save the Frostbite Festival. The activity involves solving twenty practical percent word problems centered around percent of a number with the objective of determining the whole using the part and the percent in each word problem. The word problems are divided across four escape room scenarios: the Snack Shack, the Skating Trail, the Yeti Workshop, and the Penguin Performance, so it does not seem like it is all one assignment. In order to go to the next answer, the student must enter the correct answer to the previous problem. The escape session is self-checked, and the student cannot go to the next answer if his answer is not correct. This resource requires absolutely no prep. There are no accounts that need to be set up, no passwords that need to be maintained, or complex setups that need to take place. All you need is to share the link provided via Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, or via whatever platform you are using in your classroom, and children are ready to go. This resource is also cross-device compatible. Autosave comes in very handy when the winter schedule is busy. As long as the students come back to the computer and the browser they were previously using, they simply pick right back up where they left off. It is fully printable too, which means you can easily use it as you desire. With this product, you can expect a worksheet containing all the percentage problems, a set of matching task cards, and a corresponding answer key. These resources can be best utilized as math center activities, small group interventions, or even as homework or substitute teacher activities because they are fully printable. Direct instructions are included for teachers and for students. The instructions for the teacher discuss options for assignments and automatically saving, and the student instructions show step by step how students can enter their responses and complete the escape room activity. Skills involved include calculation of percent of a number, finding the whole, making sense of percent concepts in context, and solving percent word problems. If you are looking for an easy and effective winter percent activity for your classroom, this escape room is an absolute gem. Your students will remain engaged and independent while still providing you with instant feedback and an easy substitution for sub days and review times.
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Tags Mtemaths, Winter, Word Problems, Task Cards, Worksheet, Digital, Printable, Escape Room, Percents
Fraction Word Problems Digital Escape Room
Math, Fractions, Winter, Seasons, Holiday & Seasonal, Grade 5, 6, 7, Escape Room, Activities, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
Fraction problems on paper usually go over like a, well, snowball with your students; but this Winter Digital Escape Room changes that right away! Instead of plowing through problems on a page, students find themselves right in the middle of a wintery story in which their math smarts make all the difference. Their task? Unfreeze the Frostbite Festival with fraction problems embedded in four story scenarios. Students solve twenty fraction problems involving adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. With each correct solution giving the student a further piece of the puzzle and therefore the incentive to take their time and think before responding, this activity strongly encourages the student to take their time and think before responding. This activity also helps the student work independently without the need for constant checks by the teacher since the activity is entirely self-checking. The advantage: flexibility to perform calculations as improper fractions or as mixed numbers. This eliminates unnecessary frustration and “but my answer is right too” arguments among students. Then there is the autosave feature that allows students to save their work midway through the lesson, as long as they are on the same computer or accessing the page on the same web browser. There are also four winter-themed scenarios to keep things new and interesting throughout. Students will move around different activity cards of Snack Shack, Skating Trail, Yeti Workshop, and Penguin Performance. It is completely engaging and provides meaning without being distracting, which is exactly what you need when you are in the review session. This resource is the real deal in the realm of ‘no prep’ products. There is no account that needs to be set up, no passwords, and no complex installation. You simply share the link from Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or whatever platform you use, and the kids can start working. It is completely seamless from the perspective of the users, including chromebooks, laptops, desktops, and tablets. In instances when you would prefer paper options or if you desire to reuse the problems in another manner, a complete printable version is also included. You'll get a worksheet with all the problems, a set of task cards to match the problems, and an answer key. Clear directions for both teachers and students are provided, and all can see exactly what the activity entails. Topics covered for both math and reading consist of all four fraction operations with unlike denominators and real-world fraction word problems. If you are searching for a winter fractions review that is engaging, organized, and easy to facilitate, this digital escape room meets every requirement and your students will want to solve it.
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Tags Mtemaths, Fractions, Winter, Word Problems, Task Cards, Worksheet, Digital, Printable
Real-World Ratio Worksheets: Rising Cost of Living Financial Literacy
Finance, Life Studies, Home Economics, Percentages, Math, Fractions, Money, Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Word Problems
Here’s a middle or high school applied math or consumer math activity to help your students practice the ratio math skills they have learned in a real-world situation: the rising cost of living . The three-page worksheet includes real statistics (from the United States) with accurate median family income, median house price, and average private college costs from 1965, 1995, and 2025. Students can use simple ratios to compare this data and see if housing and university really are more expensive compared to wages than they used to be. Although this lesson uses US data, it demonstrates trends that are occurring in other countries (like Canada) too! How to Use: Print 3 pages of worksheets for each student. Go over the table on page one together. It shows the median family income, median house price, and average cost of one year of college in 1965, 1995, and 2025 (in dollars for each of those years). Ask students what they notice. Model how to use the chart to write a ratio and simplify it by rounding. Use the included example of 1965 income to 1965 house price, which simplifies to 1:3 Let students work in pairs or small groups on the rest of the ratio questions. They will complete research for question 8: to find the average prices of a different category (medical insurance, food, cars, etc.) for 1965, 1995, and 2025. These can be shared later in a class discussion. Students can also share their ideas from question 9 in the discussion: how can people get ahead when housing and college cost so much more compared to wages than they used to? Finally, students can create their own meme to share a real-world proportional relationship about the rising cost of living with others. A sample is included in the answer key. A complete answer key is included so there is no guess-work with this lesson! Grades to Use With: This lesson is designed for middle school students in 6th, 7th or 8th grade to apply and practice ratio, rate, and proportional relationship skills. It could also be used in high school consumer math classes to help students understand current economic events. What's Included: 5-Page PDF: Ready to Print and Use! Complete Teacher Instructions Worksheet: Real Historical Data from the US: income, house prices, college costs in 1965, 1995, 2025 Worksheet: Ratio Math Questions Worksheet: Reflect & Create a Meme Complete Answer Key
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Tags Rising Cost Of Living, Ratio Worksheets, Ratio And Rate, Real World Math, Financial Literacy, High School Financial Literacy, Middle School Financial Literacy, Budget, Ratio Word Problems
Percent Word Problems – Taxes, Tips & Sale Prices
Life Studies, Math, Percentages, Decimals, Money, Fractions, Finance, Home Economics, Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
Percent Math Lesson: Calculating Taxes, Tips, and Sale Prices Here's a ready-to-go lesson for your middle school math unit on percentages. It encourages students to use multiple methods and mental math when calculating the tax, tip, or sale price for everyday transactions. This is one of the times you can easily say to your students, "You will use this math regularly in your life!" How to Use: Start with the handout, which goes through three simple methods for calculating percentages. Benchmark: An easy calculation strategy using familiar percentages like 1%, 10%, and 50%. Decimals: Calculating involves multiplying the amount by its matching decimal form percentage. Fractions: Division based on fraction equivalents is used for identifying certain percentage amounts. Tell your students that certain methods work best for certain situations. For example, the fraction method is great for 50% or 25% off. The benchmark method is easy when calculating a 10% tip. The decimal method works great for calculating 12% tax. Next, students have six real world math problems to tackle involving taxes, tips, and sale prices. They can use any of the strategies to solve any of the problems- they should choose the one that is the easiest to use for each scenario! Students can work individually or in pairs or small groups collaboratively. Grades to Use With: This lesson is perfect for grade 7 classes that are working on Proportional Relationships to solve multistep problems. It could also be used for enrichment in grade 6 or for a review and lesson about multiple strategies in grades 8 and 9. Finally, it could be used in high school special education classrooms. What's Included: Ready-to-print 5 Page PDF with a title page, handout, 2 pages of practice questions, and a complete answer key! If you like this percentage activity, check out others in my store: Math Stations: Percent, Decimals and Fractions Visual Math: Percentages, Decimals, Ratios and Fractions Posters Grocery Store Shopping: Price Comparisons
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Tags Percent Calculations, Real-world Math, Percentages, Financial Literacy, Mental Math, Fractions, Decimals, Budget, Percent, Percent Word Problems
Geometry Project: Park Design- Area, Perimeter, Volume, and Budgeting
Math, Decimals, Multiplication and Division, Division, Money, Geometry, Measurements, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities, Projects
This math project allows students in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade to apply their knowledge of perimeter, area, volume, financial literacy, and decimal calculations to a realistic & creative situation: planning a fun new park! They will design a new park that includes different areas for swimming, playing, eating, resting, walking, and even skating! Students will use their knowledge of perimeter of right-angled shapes when planning the size and shape of the park & the amount of fencing required use their knowledge of area when splitting the park up into different sections for activities use their knowledge of volume when considering filling the pool in their park use their knowledge of money math/decimal calculations when determining the grand total price of the entire park project. Each section has a different cost- a great introduction to unit rate. For example, paths are much less expensive than a playground, while grassy areas cost less than the swimming pool does. I ask my students to calculate by hand, but you can allow yours to use a calculator as well. This project gets students using their creative and logical problem solving skills, organizational skills, careful calculating methods, and neat drawing and colouring. It is a great project to use for a summative assessment at the end of a unit or to show parents at parent-teacher conferences. What's Included: A total of 4 pages in PDF format: Ready to print and use! Title Page, 2 Page Worksheet, 1 Page Grid Grades to Use With: This math project could work in grades 4-8 in regular math classes. It could also be used in high school special education classes. If you enjoy this math project, check out some others in my store: Transformation Design with Rubric Math Mini Unit: Converting Scores into Percentages Math Project: Create Your Dream Store
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Tags Math Project, Budget, Decimals, Applied Math, Geometry Project, Perimeter Area Volume Worksheets, Geometry Projects, Area Perimeter And Volume, Middle School Geometry Project
Financial Literacy: Financial Trade-offs
Special Resources, Life Studies, Life Skills, Finance, Home Economics, Math, Money, Grade 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities
Financial Literacy: Financial Trade-offs Here’s a quick and simple way to include some easy financial literacy learning into your middle, high school, or special education class. These 8 prompts describe realistic financial scenarios about work, housing expenses, post-secondary education, cars, retirement planning, and wedding costs. Use them as debate topics, research prompts, or a simple whole class discussion (ideal for those extra few minutes you often end up with before the end of class). Only simple math skills and basic financial vocabulary are needed to understand these topics. How to Use: Start by explaining the basic premise to your students: Often people can feel stuck in their life due to a financial issue. However, by making a few financial trade-offs, there is usually a different way to deal with issues. Here are eight real life scenarios that many people deal with. Discuss them with your peers, have a debate, make a list of pros and cons! Realize that you always have more options if you can think critically and creatively. Main Goal: The main goal of these prompts is to drive home the importance of understanding trade-offs in goal setting and financial planning. Each topic presents itself as a relatable real-life scenario offering two distinctive choices involving critical thinking and decision-making. There is no "right" answer: just the right answer for your situation. Grades to Use With: These prompts could work in a middle or high school math class, a personal planning or career and education class, or a high school special education classroom. They could even be used in adult education scenarios. What's Included: A total of 10 pages in PDF: Title Page, Instruction Page and 8 trade-off situations If you enjoy this financial literacy product, please check out some of my other options in my store: FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early Compound Interest: Hook Students on Financial Literacy Net Worth: Assets - Liabilities = Equity
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Tags Financial Literacy, Trade-offs, Critical Thinking, Budget, Money, Life Skills, Real World Math, Finance, Planning, Personal Finance
Probability Word Problems Middle School Probability of Compound Events
Math, Statistics, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Grade 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
This middle school (grades 6-8) probability lesson and worksheet has three parts to help your class understand the probability of compound events (2 events that both occur but do not affect one another) and how to write probabilities as decimals and percentages. How it Works: There are two "casino games" presented. Each has two steps and specific rules. 1) Students first determine the theoretical probability (in fractions, decimals, or percents) of the casino game that has a spinner and a die and three different outcomes. 2) Students next determine the theoretical probability (in fractions, decimals or percents) of the casino game that has a penny and a die and three different outcomes. 3) Finally, students will compare the two games and pick which game they would choose to play using their math calculations as justification. Students can use fractions, decimals, or percents to figure out the theoretical probabilities from these two games. They will notice that all the outcomes in one game will always add to 1.00 or 100% This lesson is specifically created to target 7th Grade Statistics Learning Outcomes 7.SP.C.5 and 7.SP.C.8 What's Included: 5 Page PDF- Ready to Print and Use! - Teacher Instructions - 3-Page Student Worksheet with 2 Casino Games, Calculation Tables, and Written Reflection - COMPLETE ANSWER KEY INCLUDED If you like this activity, check out other probability options in my store! Middle School Math Stations or Centers for Statistics and Probability: Grades 5-8 These 5 math stations are a great way to help your students prepare for a unit test. They involve statistics and probability including working with dice, finding mode, median and mean, and creating simple graphs. Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Hands-On Math Task with Fractions and Percentages Here's a super low-prep probability experiment you can perform in your classroom, and easily tie into percentage math skills as well!
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Tags Probability Word Problems, Probability Worksheet, Probability Of Compound Events, Probability, Compound Events, Middle School Probability, Fractions, Decimals
6th Grade Math: Expressions and Equations Bundle: 7 Activities
Math, Graphing, Multiplication and Division, Division, Numbers, Algebra, Money, Grade 5, 6, 7, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities
Do you need some new ideas for your 6th grade math unit to meet the Common Core State Standards for Expressions and Equations? Here is a ready-to-go bundle with seven fun real-life activities to incorporate into your unit plan. 1) Exponent Board Game: Students won't even notice how many exponent math problems they actually solve while racing their friends around this game board. 2) 5 Stations for Early Algebra: These fun stations allow students to solve word problems, play an expression game, create a growing pattern with counters, solve one-step equations, graph a pattern, and more! 3) Equivalent Expressions: Real-Life Financial Situations: Students write simple expressions for real-life situations, then use one of four strategies (from the provided handout) to convert them to equivalent expressions. A matching activity is also included! 4) Modelling Equations Using Visual Balance Scales: Here's a fun visual activity to teach your students about doing the same thing to each side of an equation! 5) The Wave Pool Problem: Students have to create tables of values, figure out an expression, graph two options, and decide which way they would prefer to pay to visit a new wave pool in their neighbourhood. 6) Inequality Matching Game: Here's a fun, whole-class matching game to practice solving simple inequalities! 7) Hockey Math Equations: Students complete tables and graph independent and dependent variables while exploring all the math found at a hockey arena. Grades to Use With: This bundle is designed for students in Grade 6, but can be used for Grade 5 enrichment, Grade 7 or 8 review, or high school special education classes. What's Included: 32 Page PDF with 7 Activities and complete answer keys! If you like this product, check out my other 6th Grade Math Bundles for each learning strand: 6th Grade Math Statistics and Probability Bundle 6th Grade Math Ratio and Proportional Relationships Bundle 6th Grade Math Number System Bundle 6th Grade Math: Geometry
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Tags 6th Grade Math, Grade 6 Math, Algebra, Financial Literacy, Inequalities, Equations, Equivalent Expressions, Tables And Graphs, Expressions, Variables
Life Skills: Nutrition Facts Math Percentages, Ratios, Rates
Special Resources, Life Skills, Home Economics, Life Studies, Math, Percentages, Multiplication and Division, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets, Word Problems
Healthy eating is a key life skill! Do you want to teach your class how to accurately read a nutrition facts label and determine the healthy and less healthy aspects of the food choices they make? Do you want to find a way to apply the math skills you have been teaching in your middle school classroom (percentages, rates, ratios) to a real-life engaging situation? This is the lesson for you! This ready-to-print lesson for students in 5th to 8th grades includes an eye-catching one-page handout to teach students the basic vocabulary and terms included on nutrition facts labels: - absolute amount in grams or mg or mcg & percent of Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) - suggested serving size (grams) - calories - fat, protein, carbohydrates - sodium - vitamins and minerals There are three different worksheets to allow students practice the following life skills: • Determining the number of servings in a package (you mean I'm not supposed to eat the whole tub of ice cream in one sitting!?). • Calculating the amount of nutrients and calories they would get if they ate several servings (which we often do!). • Comparing sugars that are naturally occurring vs. added. • Using simple percent calculations to determine the Recommended Daily Intake of vitamins. • Comparing two similar foods (frozen yogurt vs ice cream) to see which is a healthier choice and why. And more! What's Included: 6 Page PDF Ready to Print and Use! - Title Page and Teacher Instructions - Student Handout: The Basics of Nutrition Facts Labels - Potato Chip Nutrition Facts Label (with Math Questions) - Dried Apricots Nutrition Facts Label (with Math Questions) - Ice Cream vs. Frozen Yogurt Nutrition Facts Labels (with Math Questions) - Complete Answer Key If you like this lesson, check out other grocery lessons in my store: Grocery Shopping Price Comparisons Grocery Shopping on a Budget Grocery Game
Author Grace Under Pressure
Tags Word Problems, Life Skills, Real World Math, Nutrition Facts, Nutrition, Nutrition Facts Label, Percentage Word Problems, Rate Word Problems, Grocery Shopping, Family Consumer Sciences
BC Grade 8 Math: Full-Year 8th Grade Real World Math Worksheets
Math, Number Lines, Percentages, Algebra, Decimals, Fractions, Geometry, Measurements, Statistics, Multiplication and Division, Grade 7, 8, 9, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems
Grade 8 Math: Full Year of Worksheets, Games, and Projects: Do you need some new & engaging real-world math worksheets, games and projects for your 8th grade math class? If you want to add a fun and relevance to your grade 8 math program in British Columbia , Canada or beyond, this is the full-year math resource for you! This full-year 100-page PDF is full of real-life applications , math stations , fun games , quick assessments , and math projects that match up with every single Learning Outcome in the BC Math 8 curriculum. How to Use: This is a supplemental curriculum and is designed to be used alongside your regular textbook lessons. First teach your students the basics, and then you can use these applied math projects, worksheets, and games to show how the math learned in class can be applied to useful everyday situations! There is at least one math task for each learning standard. My students love seeing how they can use statistics to explore hourly wages, or apply what they know about the Pythagorean Theorem to solve everyday problems. Many of the tasks include financial literacy learning , because that is a great way to make math meaningful and useful in the real world! Here are the topics covered: Square & Cube Roots Perfect Squares & Cubes Percents Less Than One or Greater Than One Hundred Proportional Relationships (rates, ratios, percent) Fraction Operations Discrete Linear Relationships Write & Evaluate Expressions Two-Step Equations Surface Area & Volume of 3-D Shapes Pythagorean Theorem Nets of 3-D Objects Central Tendency (mean, median & mode) Theoretical Probability Financial Literacy Grades to Use With: This product is specially designed for Grade 8 math classes in the province of British Columbia, Canada . However, the PDF is full of math tasks that meet 7th & 8th grade common core standards, so it could easily be used in many classrooms! What's Included: 100-Page PDF with over 20 Different Activities Where applicable, Answer Keys are included If you enjoy this product, check out my other full-year supplemental math curriculums: BC Grade 4 Math Full-Year Supplemental Math Activities BC Grade 5 Math Full-Year Supplemental Math Activities BC Grade 6 Math Full-Year Supplemental Math Activities BC Grade 7 Math Full-Year Supplemental Math Activities
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Tags Math Games, Math Stations, Math Projects, Financial Literacy, Geometry, 8th Grade Math, Grade 8 Math, Full Year Math, 8th Grade Math Worksheets, Grade 8 Math Worksheets
Math Journals: 20 Intermediate and Middle School Math and Critical Thinking Prompts: Geometry, Percentages, Pre-Algebra, Probability, Place Value and More!
Math, Percentages, Patterns, Decimals, Fractions, Geometry, Measurements, Place Value, Grade 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems
Encourage your middle school/intermediate math students to clearly explain their ideas about concepts (like ratio, area, and algebra) in complete sentences using appropriate vocabulary and relevant diagrams . These open-ended questions require students to explain how they figured out their answers or to judge options using their mathematic understanding. They are a great review of math concepts learned earlier in the year or in previous grades, and they allow students to practice critical thinking skills too. This bundle includes 20 journal entry topics so you can use two a month for the entire school year. You and your students can track their progress and development. The journals are not numbered, so you can use them in whatever order works best for your class. This could be a fantastic addition to your math program for the new school year! A rubric for easy marking is also included. Students are assessed on their process, vocabulary, completeness, and visuals. This allows you to easily see student progress if you assess one or two journals per term. You could also use them as artifacts for parent-teacher conferences. Topics covered: - fractions and percent: equivalent fractions, fraction and decimal relationships, division of fractions, fractions to percent, percent discounts - probability and data collection: flipping coins, surveys, experiments - geometry: area and perimeter, triangles, rotations, - pre-algebra: one-step equations, membership rates - place value: large numbers, decimals to thousandths - factors and ratios For each topic, students are encouraged to write in complete sentences and explain all of their thinking clearly and explicitly. Don't assume the teacher knows what you are thinking! They should also draw some diagrams to support their thinking. This could include area and perimeter models, fraction models, t-charts and tables, and more.
Author Grace Under Pressure
Tags Journal, Math Journal, Intermediate Math, Word Problems, Pre-algebra, Middle School Math, Grade Six Math, Critical Thinking, Math, Percent
20 Logic Puzzles for Grades 5-8
STEM, Math, Science, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Games, Activities, Quizzes and Tests, Teacher Tools, Quizzes, Word Problems, Worksheets & Printables
Unlocking Logic: 20 Engaging Puzzles for Grades 5–8 is an entertaining and difficult set of brainteasers created to help middle school students improve their reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. There are 20 different puzzles in this ebook, such as logic grids, magic squares, numerical patterns, riddles, code-breaking, spatial thinking, and more. Every puzzle is designed to pique students' interest and promote original thought, which makes it ideal for early finishers, homework, enrichment, and classroom use. In order to engage a diverse variety of learners and facilitate flexible use across grades 5–8, the puzzles vary in difficulty and style. Pupils are urged to work alone or in groups, experiment with different approaches, and develop resilience by tackling problems carefully. To facilitate guided conversation and self-checking, a complete answer key is supplied. Whether you're a teacher looking to inspire your class or a parent wanting to support logical thinking at home, this ebook is the perfect companion for building sharp minds—one puzzle at a time!
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Tags Riddle, Logic, Puzzle, Quiz, Grade 5
Grocery Shopping Math – Financial Literacy Grades 5-8 Price Comparison
Special Resources, Life Studies, Life Skills, Math, Percentages, Decimals, Money, Multiplication and Division, Multiplication, Home Economics, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities, Worksheets
This real-life math lesson for students in grades 5-8 will help show your class how many of the skills they have been learning will come in handy in their everyday lives at the grocery store when they are trying to find the best deal and stick to a food budget. With inflation rising and grocery prices sky-rocketing, help your students spot a good deal among all the confusing offers! This lesson has eight grocery store scenarios for your students to evaluate and find the best deal. They need to use the following skills: Unit Price: What is the cost of one if it's 2 for $7 or 4 for $13? % Discount: This item is normally $4, but with a store card, it's 20% off today. Rounding: Most grocery items are .99- make sure to round up to a whole number for easier calculations. Critical Thinking: Is it better to buy two to get the deal if you only need one? Financial Literacy: Learning how to read all of these kinds of offers is an important part of sticking to a budget. Life Skills: Grocery shopping is a crucial life skill! Grades to Use With: This lesson is designed for students in grades 5-8 who are learning about decimal place value, ratios and rates, and basic operations using decimals. It could also be used in middle or high school special education classrooms or family and consumer sciences classes. What's Included: 7-Page PDF Title Page 4-Page Student Worksheet Answer Key If you enjoy this product, check out other applied math activities in my store: Grace Under Pressure Wave Pool Problem: Pre-Algebra Skills: Expressions, Tables, and Graphs: Real-Life Application Butter Tart Recipe Activity: Multiplication and Addition of Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions Gingerbread Math: Decimals, Fractions, and Percentages Using Tenths Equivalent Fractions Practice in a set of 5 Stations or Centers
Author Grace Under Pressure
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Tags Money Math, Financial Literacy, Budget, Inflation, Decimals, Percent, Real Life Math, Grocery, Price Comparisons, Spot A Deal
Math Practice Simplified I - Money & Measurement
Math, Money, Measurements, Grade 5, 6, 7, 8, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Worksheets
This mathematics-based resource is designed for grades 5-8. It’s imperative for students to have a strong foundation in basic math skills. This resource provides activities to help students understand everyday math basics through money and measurement. Students will add currency in the form of coins and determine how much change they will get back. Students will then move on to more advanced concepts, like budgeting, saving and borrowing money. This resource is perfect to prepare students to succeed on standardized tests . An answer key is included. Aligned to National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards.
Author Classroom Complete Press
Tags Math, Mathematics, Money, Measurement, Time, Temperature, Percentages, Decimals, Middle, Answer Key
Percent Word Problems – Tipping & Gratuities Math
Life Studies, Home Economics, Special Resources, Life Skills, Math, Multiplication, Multiplication and Division, Percentages, Money, Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
Tipping is becoming more and more common and the amount you are expected to tip is increasing too. Make sure your students understand what tipping is and how to calculate a tip- useful life skills! Here’s a ready-to-print real-life percent math lesson for middle school students (in grades 6-9) or special education or life skills classes in a high school setting. Teach your class all about tipping culture and tips in both Canada and the United States. Why do people tip or give certain people a gratuity? What places do we tip? What places do we not? Has tipping been increasing recently ("tip-flation")? Show students how the math skills and concepts that they have been learning in class (percentages, decimals, division, fractions) can be useful in their everyday lives! How to Use: 1. The first page is a handout that you complete with your students (with fill-in-the-blanks) to teach them the ins and outs of tipping: where and when you do it, etc. 2. The second page teaches students two simple methods of calculating tips (using well-known percentage benchmarks OR multiplying the price by a percentage written in decimal form). Encourage your students to determine a third method they could use. 3. After that, there are 7 practice word problems of realistic tipping situations that your students can complete. From tipping for a meal to paying at a salon, or even calculating tax AND tip together, your students will get a lot of real-life practice completing these problems in small groups or own their own. 4. To finish, you can have a class discussion about tipping in general and what your students think about our system. What's Included: 6 Page PDF - Teacher Instructions - Handout with Fill-in-the-Blanks about Tipping - 3-Page Worksheet and Written Reflection - COMPLETE ANSWER KEY INCLUDED If you want more practice working with tips try these two products: Fractions for Calculating Taxes, Tips and Sales Percents for Calculating Taxes, Tips, and Sales
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Tags Percent Word Problems, Tip, Tipping, Gratuity, How To Tip, How To Calculate A Tip, Financial Literacy, Life Skills, Personal Finance, Word Problems
Money Math Life Skills Worksheet: Reading Restaurant Menus Level 3
Special Resources, Creative Arts, Art, Life Studies, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Special Education Needs (SEN), Life Skills, Math, Money, Grade 7, 8, 9, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities, Worksheets
Money Math Life Skills Worksheet : Reading Restaurant Menus Level 3 This 192-question Special Education life skills activity teaches grade 7-9 students to calculate tips, apply sales tax, and determine total meal costs using six standard restaurant breakfast and lunch menus. Students will: - Calculate meal costs with 2, 3, and 4 menu items - Apply sales tax to meal costs - Calculate tips Use this printable worksheet one-on-one or in special education classes to develop essential real-world math and money management abilities. It includes step-by-step instructions, questions, answers, graphics, and ideas for implementation. Excellent for IEP goal setting and measuring progress in money math. Engage students with this highly interactive life skills activity!
Author Adulting Life Skills Resources
Tags Life Skills Money Math, Special Education Money Math, Independent Living Skills, IEP Goal-Oriented Skills, Community-Based Instruction, Adulting On The Spectrum, Social And Emotional Learning, Life Skills For Adults, Life Skills For Teens, Autism And Money Skills
Critical Thinking: Math in Media- Real World Middle School Math Task
Social Studies, History, Psychology, Math, Statistics, Place Value, Grade 6, 7, 8, 9, Worksheets & Printables, Word Problems, Activities
Critical Thinking: Math in the Media: Finding Errors Witness your students transform into math detectives with this fun educational tool! Students can practice both math skills and media literacy at the same time as they read real headlines and try to decide if they make sense mathematically. This unique teaching resource uses real headlines and quotes taken directly from various media sources. It presents learners with an opportunity to scrutinize these bits of information for mathematical inaccuracies. How to Use: Teachers can project these pages on an interactive whiteboard or print them out as worksheets—providing flexibility to adapt the delivery according to classroom needs or personal preferences. Allow students to work together in small groups or pairs to look at the headlines and decide if there are any math errors. Students need to explain what the error is if they find one. Topics covered include large numbers, percentages, and large number multiplication (in the millions). Come back together as a class to discuss and share ideas. You could have individual students come up to the board to explain their thought process and strategies. You could use several headlines in one lesson, or use them one at a time as a warm-up or hook for your math class. An extension is provided for students to find (or create) their own headlines. You could have each student do this and present one each day for several weeks. Grades to Use With: These are designed to be used in middle school classrooms in grades 6-9 to enhance media literacy, critical thinking skills, and application of math skills. Math skills used include percentages, large numbers, and decimal millions. What's Included: A total of 10 pages: Title Page Instruction Page 6 Headlines (one per page): 4 have errors and 2 do not Extension Page: Find your own headline! Answer Key
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Tags Critical Thinking, Percentage, Large Numbers, Word Problems, Math, Media, Media Literacy, Applied Math, Real World Math, Math Prompt