Personal Budget Math Project and Financial Literacy Real World Math

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4th - 6th, Homeschool

Subjects

Math, Word Problems

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Standards

CCSS4.NBT.B.4

CCSS5.NBT.B.7

CCSS6.NS.B.3

CCSS6.NS.C.7c

CCSS6.NS.C.7d

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31 plus alternate and digital versions

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This resource is great to teach what adult life is like and managing money. It made students realize that there is a lot of responsibilty being out in the real world.

— Celeste O.

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We are always looking for ways to enhance our curriculum. I came across this as we were starting our budget unit and it fits in great and gives us one more way to teach about budgets. Thank you for a great resource!

— Julie D.

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Whether you’re looking to teach financial literacy standards or engage your students in a high-interest addition and subtraction math project, this personal budget math project is sure to be a hit with your students! This resource has been painstakingly created to encompass many critical financial literacy skills in a fun and exciting way.

Your students will be Livin’ the Dream with this resource! They get to create their own life while they select their career, car, house (rent or mortgage), food, vacations, and more.

Once they have made their life choices, they will embark on a 6-month or year long journey (or any length of time you choose!) of tracking their expenses and maintaining a budget and savings account. Students will write a monthly check for expenses such as rent or a mortgage, utilities, car payments, etc.

Several pages are included to show students how to complete the tasks, with sample checking and savings ledges and sample completed checks.

This Budgeting Math Project Includes:

12 Months of Budgeting Pages
Information sheets about savings vs. checking, mortgage vs. rent, and tips for managing their money
4 Pages of Career Choices
1 Page of Real Estate Listing
1 Page of Car Choices
1 Page of Utilities/Gas Info
1 Page of Monthly Food Expenses
2 Pages of Extra Activities Costs and Research
Checkbook Pages
Final Reflections

Multiple Ways to Prepare:

Print full booklets for all students including all career/house/car options plus budgeting sheets.
Print budget booklet only
Digital Access via Google Slides
Please see the preview for tips on preparing the project for use year after year! I recommend laminating the career/real estate/car/utilities, etc. pages for extended use.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

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31 plus alternate and digital versions

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CCSS4.NBT.B.4

Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

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.

CCSS6.NS.B.3

Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

CCSS6.NS.C.7c

Understand the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real-world situation. For example, for an account balance of –30 dollars, write |–30| = 30 to describe the size of the debt in dollars.

CCSS6.NS.C.7d

Distinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than -30 dollars represents a debt greater than 30 dollars.

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