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Free elementary word problems projects
Real Life Multiplication Project - Design a Restaurant
This 20 page product is a multi-level multiplication project for grades 3-5.
Geared to 4.NBT.5, students solve word problems and create menus, advertisements and floor plans to make their very own restaurant.
Three levels of difficulty are included so differentiation and multiple grade level use is easy!
Level 1 - one by two digit multiplication, area of rectangles
Level 2 - one by two/three digit multiplication, two by two digit multiplication, and area of rectangles
Level 3 - multi-digit
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3rd - 6th
Decimals & Money Project Based Learning CREATE FRUIT SALAD PBL Math Enrichment
Printable (PDF) Decimals Project - Life Skills, Budget, Shopping, Money in the Real World Math. This is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity to practice money management, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and rounding decimals. If you want your math lessons to be an unforgettable experience for your students, be sure to check out this math enrichment project. Students will take part in a competition for the best fruit salad. They ha
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4th - 7th
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Road Trip Performance Task - Adding and Multiplying Decimals (5.NBT.7)
Students will plan a road trip to one of four different destinations. They will have to add and multiply decimals in order to calculate the cost of gas, meals, entertainment, souvenirs, and lodging. This product includes a "Task Packet" and a "Student Recording Sheet".
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4th - 6th
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Math Review Project (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Word Problems)
This review project covers many different topics including: word and expanded form, addition and subtraction word problems, patterns, fact families, multiplication facts, and addition and subtraction problems. This is a great way to review important concepts in early mathematics!!!
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3rd - 6th
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Math/Art Desert Themed Math Project - Grades 2-4
Students will love solving math word problems and adding artwork to their poster along the way! Just provide each student with a problems page and a blank 12 x 18 paper. Three different levels of math concepts aligned to the CCSS make this a great independent activity for students.
Check the Chili Peppers! One look, 3 different levels!
Level One: Addition and Subtraction, Basic Multiplication, Measurement to the nearest inch, Money to $1.00
Level Two: Addition/Subtraction, Multiplication
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2nd - 4th
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Mystery Pixels- Taco Cat Math Word Problems Google Sheets™ - Distance Learning
Mystery Pixels activities are meant to be fun, interactive, projects that are self-checking for students in Google Sheets™. Students plug in their answers inside of a Google Sheet™ to reveal a FUN picture. This is easy to assign in Google Classroom™ and can easily be used for distance learning.In this project, students answer a variety of math word problems. This is perfect for 3rd and 4th grade students, although it can also be a good review for 5th grade students. Students are given a set of 1
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3rd - 5th
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Two-Step Word Problems Math Project
Two-step word problems can be tricky for elementary students. They require reading skills before math skills. A lot of students read the problem and quickly recognize one of the steps, focusing purely on that one step. They solve this step first, whether or not that is correct. Then later, they are confused as to why they missed the correct step or why they got it "wrong". I found that having my students CREATE a word problem and then solve one another's, it really helped them think about what a
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Review Project
This is a math project that covers many of the 5th grade Common Core Standards. It is meant to be completed at the end of the school year as a review tool or after state assessments as an extended learning opportunity. This project requires students to plan a cross-country road trip for themselves and their family. They are responsible of determining the vehicle to be used, the cost for all destination activities, lodging, and food, and much more. This is a fun and engaging activity for soon-to-
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4th - 6th
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Fraction Project - Create your own Pizza
This a great hands-on project to use to culminate your fraction unit! I used this project with my 3rd grade class and my students had so much fun with it! This resource serves as a great stand alone for a fraction project, or can be used as a planning guide to creating a more elaborate pizza project with extension activities and rubrics included! Can be used as an independent, partner, or group project. Skills covered:*Naming fractions in various forms*Identifying fractions*Finding equivalent fr
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3rd - 4th
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"Record Breaking" Place Value Math Project
This “Record Breaking” Place Value Math Project is an engaging and meaningful way to wrap up a unit on Place Value or review for state testing. Students used various resources to locate large number facts and then prepared their presentation including all the different forms of the number. I used this as a station during my math rotations, but it could easily be done with the whole class or for homework. My students loved this project and begged for more math projects all year long.
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3rd - 5th
The Polar Express STEM challenge and activities
This product is a 3-day unit. It includes a STEM challenge explanation with student sheet, math word problems from the movie, and clipart for watching the Polar Express movie.
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1st - 5th
Fraction Word Problem Project
This project is a wonderful review of standards 5.NF.7c and 5.NF.6 that allows students to solve real world problems with fractions. In this project, students will select a recipe from a “recipe book” and adjust it to serve a given number of people. This project based learning experience reinforces an essential life skill and reviews multi-step word problems with fractions in a relevant and interactive way.
** A rubric is included along with all necessary documents!
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3rd - 5th
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Using Geometry to Build a Safe Shelter!
An asteroid is going to hit Earth! Use geometry to build enough safe shelters to save the population. Part of the Asteroid Math Bundle, but this activity can be used alone as part of a math center or classroom activity. Looking for more STEM lessons? Our team of engineers and educators is dedicated to developing low-prep and high-quality STEM activities for any classroom! Click below to learn more:Vivify's Scope & Sequence + Standards AlignmentVivify's Resource GuideLearn about the 3 Stages
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3rd - 7th
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Book Project: Outline of If you give a mouse a cookie project
A great project for all kids of any age to learn logic, reasoning, and mathematics! The whimsical Laura Numeroff story of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie gives a logical step by step of actions one after another. Project is best given after the story is read first.
For younger ages: Have students write a story using hypothesis and conclusions.
For students in Geometry: Have students compare it to geometry. Best given when learning conditional, converse, and bi-conditional.
If you give a mouse a
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2nd - 10th
Martin's Murder Mystery
Challenge your students to test their math skills with this engaging activity where they plan for a mystery party. Multi step problem solving with multiplication, division, addition and subtraction are involved as well as creating their own mystery invitations and story!
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3rd - 5th
Foreign Currency Conversion Project FREEBIE - Upper Elementary
This product can be used for 4th, 5th, or 6th grade.
This Foreign Currency Project is perfect for enrichment as it uses a real world application to multiplying decimals. This can either be used for your entire class, or to challenge your higher level students. The project requires students to create a business in another country, find out the country’s currency, and create real world word problems in which they will need to convert this currency into those of other countries.
Included is
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4th - 6th
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Multiplication~Winter Craftivity
A fun and creative winter (and early spring) craft your students will love. This hot chocolate craftivity is a fun way to have students apply their multiplication skills while using marshmallows as manipulatives. Students will solve word problems and even can create their own. This amazing lesson can be differentiated for multiples level of instruction. This craft is perfect with word problem practice in centers, small group instruction or even can be used as a quick assesment that looks amazin
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2nd - 4th
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Money Line Plot and Coin Value Project
In this differentiated project, students will be reviewing the skills of counting coins, determining monetary amounts, making money combinations, and making a line plot using manupulatives. Teachers will give students a miscellaneous bag of coins (pennies up to half dollars). Students will create a line plot of the coins and answer interpretation questions about the line plot and the money. Then, students will interpret monetary amounts by "buying" items from a story and making combinations.
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2nd - 4th
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Christmas Light Parade Math Task
Engage your students in this real-world math task! This math task is perfect for your 4th graders. It could also be used in 3rd or 5th grade. This covers the standard 4.OA.A.3 in the 4th grade core.
In this task, students will have to solve three problems that involve multiplication, addition, subtraction, and/or division. Each problem has two parts and involves heavy thinking. The students should draw a model, show their work, and explain the answer for each of the three parts. This could take
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3rd - 5th
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Bedroom Builder-Area and Budget with Project Learning
This hand's-on-learning project is a fun way to teach 4th, 5th,6th or 7th graders skills that include, finding area, multiplying decimals, learning about dimension, and subtraction and addition of money.
Kids love the idea of designing their room and making their own choices on a budget. They love having different options for bed size, rug size along with a choice of patterns.
Students start with a $1000.00 budget. There are three different bedrooms to choose from- the larger the bedroom,
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4th - 7th
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Halloween Math Project: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Supplies:Construction PaperHalloween Candy advertisements from various stores (Walgreens, CVS, Target, etc.).Students will practice adding and subtracting decimals with real-world application!Students will pick two bags of candy in an advertisement to add/ subtract. They must create an applicable word problem with the answers to present to the class. Included at the bottom of the guidelines is an easy rubric for grading. This project can be completed individually, in pairs, or in groups.
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4th - 7th
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Perimeter and Area Real World Task
This task asks students to pretend they have been hired by a home improvement company to solve two problems for them. The first job requires students to examine the relationship between perimeter and area to help "Mr. Baker" design his garden. The second job focuses students on applying their understanding of area to help a family tile their kitchen. Let me know if you like it and I will upload some more tasks.
Task by Shawn Walk
Perimeter and Area Real World Task by Shawn Walk is licensed u
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4th - 6th
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Tic-Tac-Toe Geometry Project
This is a diverse project for a geometry unit. Students get to choose 3 projects they can do. It gives them options and can choose what they will enjoy doing the most. I give students this project at the beginning of a unit and it is due right before the unit test.A grading rubric is attached to easily grade their assignment which is in any easy to grade rubric format worth 100 points.Includes: Tic-tac-toe board, student/teacher/parent contract, scoring and grading rubric and instructions/rul
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Christmas Craft for Math Word Problems
Looking for a fun Christmas math activity this December? Santa needs some help with his Christmas List. Have your students solve the included Math Word Problems or create your own using the blank templates I've included. Next have your students color and cut out Santa and his boots. Glue or tape all of the Word Problem pages together to make a fun Christmas decoration for your classroom.
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2nd - 4th
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