Consumer Math Worksheets - Life Skills Word Problem - Financial Literacy Project
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Over 1,200 life skills math word problems to improve financial literacy skills. Consumers are presented with real life situations involving shopping, banking, taxes and more. All printable worksheets.
Life Skills | Practical Application | Real-Life Math
1,200 Life Skills Math Word Problems in Everyday Life.
Consumer Math Bundle | Estimating | Money | Shopping | Making Change | Discounts | Paychecks | Banking | Taxes | Elapsed Time. Math at Home | Math at Work | Everyday Math. These comprehensive lessons offer TONS of mixed practice using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percents, fractions & decimals!
REALISTIC MATH LESSONS:
Math plays a vital role in our lives... every single day. In fact it is so common, that sometimes we don't even realize we are "doing math!" These practical lessons are sure to help students master everyday math skills and help them understand "Why" this math is so important...
Realistic Math Practice Include:
- Grocery Shopping
- Weighing Items
- Reading Labels
- Calculating Distance
- Shopping & Spending Money
- Determining Discounts & Savings
- Making Change
- Calculating Elapsed Time
- Understanding Paychecks
- Taxes
- Budgeting
- And so much more!
1,200 MIXED PRACTICE & MULTI-STEP MATH WORD PROBLEMS!
These real-life math word problems feature everyday scenarios. Students must think about each scenario then decide whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve the problems. Simple fractions & percent computations are also required in some of the exercises. One-step and multi-step problems are included that require students to really think about the problem. These exercises are sure to sharpen math skills while also helping students enhance their comprehension, logical thinking, and decision making skills.
This Bundle Includes 6 Titles:
Math in the Mall Word Problems:
Students practice percentage discounts with more than 250 realistic math word problems as they find the cost of items purchased, calculate per-item prices, determine savings, and figure change.
Everyday Math Word Problems:
Includes everyday-life activities such as shopping, reading nutrition labels, traveling, playing baseball, golf, and more. Also covers elapsed time, estimating and measurement.
Best Buys Math Word Problems:
Featuring familiar, everyday occurrences where math is needed. Students comparison shop, use coupons, read ads, buy in bulk & determine discounts.
Money Sense Math Word Problems:
Students learn about spending and saving money, balancing a budget, using a credit card, budgeting, getting paid, paychecks, gross pay, net pay, FICA, withholding tax, income tax, and even bank accounts!
Consumer Math at Home Word Problems:
Students use basic math skills to understand food labels, follow recipes, cook, do some banking, go on a road trip, earn & spend money.
Career Math Word Problems:
Students learn about 28 different jobs ranging from air traffic controller to zookeeper! Realistic scenarios challenge students to solve word problems pertaining to each career. Students practice calculating pay, time worked, elapsed time, earning & spending money, buying & selling items & using charts.
INCLUDES:
1,200 Math Word Problems
193 Pages
Answer Keys
6 Books
Students Learn the Practical Application of a Wide Range of Math Skills
Including: Travel Math, Business Math, Consumer Math, Menu Math, and Family Math
Through the use of real-life story-problem scenarios, students get plenty of practice
with analyzing the information in word problems and applying the correct math operations to solve the problems.
1. Travel Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos and information for each “travel scenario.” Real-Life Travel Scenarios include: A Family Road Trip, A Train Trip, A Caribbean Cruise, and a Honeymoon to Europe.
2. Business Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that focus on the income and expenses of four different businesses.
Businesses include: Rainbow Falls Summer Camp, Sandler’s Restaurant, Golden Shores Resort, and Creative Concepts Print Shop.
3. Consumer Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that create a sale flyer for a particular store. Advertisements include sale flyers for four different stores: Winston Supply Depot, East Valley Drugstore, Nature’s Best Farmer’s Market, Hansen’s Sport Shop
4. Menu Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos and information for each menu. Real-Life Menus include four different types of restaurants: Adagio, The Green Dragon, Golden Gate Grill, The Two Sombreros
5. Family Math includes four pages of colorful, realistic images, photos, and information that describe a particular family. Family Descriptions include four different families: The Benson Family, Brad & Anna Miller, The Waverly Family, Max & Martha Hayes
Questions
The corresponding word problems were designed to develop math proficiency and to help students understand why mastery of essential math skills is so important to success in the real world.
Students are asked to use the four colorful pages for each type of math scenario to find the information they need in order to solve the word problems. When solving a problem, students may need to use the answer from another problem on the same page. Problems progress in difficulty as students work through the questions for each scenario.
The first activity page introduces students to the contents of the scenario pages by asking comprehension questions. Answering these questions will familiarize students with the information they will need to solve the word problems
Skills
A wide range of math skills is covered in this program. Students will solve word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as money, time, measurement, percents, decimals, and fractions. Some of the word problems are simple, one-step problems while others involve multiple steps that require students to really think about the problem.
Each activity page lists the math skills covered at the top of the page.
Details
Total of 450 Pages!
Includes:
• 80 full-color various real-life scenario pages
• Activity Pages
• Step-by-Step Learning Tools
• Bonus Pages
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1,200 Life Skills Math Word Problems in Everyday Life. Consumer Math Bundle | Estimating | Money | Shopping | Making Change | Discounts | Paychecks | Banking | Taxes | Elapsed Time. Math at Home | Math at Work | Everyday Math. These comprehensive lessons offer TONS of mixed practice using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percents, fractions & decimals!
REALISTIC MATH LESSONS:
Math plays a vital role in our lives... every single day. In fact it is so common, that sometimes we don't even realize we are "doing math!" These practical lessons are sure to help students master everyday math skills and help them understand "Why" this math is so important...
Realistic Math Practice Include:
- Grocery Shopping
- Weighing Items
- Reading Labels
- Calculating Distance
- Shopping & Spending Money
- Determining Discounts & Savings
- Making Change
- Calculating Elapsed Time
- Understanding Paychecks
- Taxes
- Budgeting
- And so much more!
1,200 MIXED PRACTICE & MULTI-STEP MATH WORD PROBLEMS!
These real-life math word problems feature everyday scenarios. Students must think about each scenario then decide whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve the problems. Simple fractions & percent computations are also required in some of the exercises. One-step and multi-step problems are included that require students to really think about the problem. These exercises are sure to sharpen math skills while also helping students enhance their comprehension, logical thinking, and decision making skills.
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This Bundle Includes 6 Titles:
Math in the Mall Word Problems:
Students practice percentage discounts with more than 250 realistic math word problems as they find the cost of items purchased, calculate per-item prices, determine savings, and figure change.
Everyday Math Word Problems:
Includes everyday-life activities such as shopping, reading nutrition labels, traveling, playing baseball, golf, and more. Also covers elapsed time, estimating and measurement.
Best Buys Math Word Problems:
Featuring familiar, everyday occurrences where math is needed. Students comparison shop, use coupons, read ads, buy in bulk & determine discounts.
Money Sense Math Word Problems:
Students learn about spending and saving money, balancing a budget, using a credit card, budgeting, getting paid, paychecks, gross pay, net pay, FICA, withholding tax, income tax, and even bank accounts!
Consumer Math at Home Word Problems:
Students use basic math skills to understand food labels, follow recipes, cook, do some banking, go on a road trip, earn & spend money.
Career Math Word Problems:
Students learn about 28 different jobs ranging from air traffic controller to zookeeper! Realistic scenarios challenge students to solve word problems pertaining to each career. Students practice calculating pay, time worked, elapsed time, earning & spending money, buying & selling items & using charts.
INCLUDES:
1,200 Math Word Problems
193 Pages
Answer Keys
6 Books
