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Middle school decimals simulations
Stock Market Game
This game is fun! Your students will love to do math when they invest in a fictional stock market. Your students will be excited to add, subtract, and multiply decimals. Here's how it works:
The stock market includes 18 fictitious companies. "Current News" is released each day that affects the value of each stock. "Future Predictions" offer hints as to which stocks may go up or down. Students will buy and sell stocks as they hope to maximize their investment. Who will have the most money b
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4th - 6th
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Decimals Project based learning Monster Ice Cream Parlor
Welcome to The Monster Ice Cream Parlor Decimal focused project-based learning! In this student-tested and approved project, students jump into ownership of the monster ice cream parlor. They create flavors, set prices, and graph their sales all while practicing adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals, and graphing. Included in this ready to use project:- Student pages for building a monster ice cream parlor- Student pages for calculating revenue- Student pages for graphing revenue and s
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 6th grade math MEGA resource bundle
The Game of Life | Math Exploration
PURPOSE: This simulation gives your math class a chance to experience what it is like to be an adult. Students will be randomly assigned a job and a family and be required to calculate a month’s worth of expenses.This activity brings up some great discussions about how money works, what happens when the money runs out, single parenting, managing a budget and so much more. This is such a useful resource for the modern middle school mathematics teacher!WHAT’S INCLUDED:This product contains:✏️ 18 p
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5th - 8th
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Real Life Math: Percents: Credit Card Debt Worksheet - Scenario # 2
The scenario on this chart is as follows:
"MasterCard sent you a fabulous new credit card offer in the mail. It is a special card for teens with really low minimum monthly payment percent of 4%. In exchange for the low minimum monthly payment percent, MasterCard raised your APR to 18%. You decide to use this credit card instead of the Visa in Scenario #1. Fill out the chart and determine the amount of money you spent and your remaining balance. "
The chart is a great way for students to di
Grades:
7th - 10th
Game of Life- money simulation
Are you looking for a real life simulation to teach your students about life and money?This is a life size version of the board game Game of Life. Help your students learn how to budget, know when to save and spend money, and practice making real life decisions. Students will practice researching, reading, writing, planning, organizing, addition, and subtraction in this activity.When you buy this product, it will only be a one single page document. This document has all of the other materials yo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Checkbook Activity - Real Life Examples, Decimals
Trying to make math more meaningful for your students or give them a glimpse into using math in day to day life? This activity simulates having a checking account and all of the factors that contribute to the amount of money a person has.
The download of this activities includes:
-Directions for carrying out the activity
-Account ledgers (similar to what a checkbook ledger looks like)
-Activity cards (over 90 cards including starting balance, pay day, life activities)
This activity shows stud
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4th - 12th
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Real World Simulation Game
This activity puts students through a simulation where they have a job, salary, expenses and events that occur in order to simulate real life. The students must apply the use of percents, decimals, and positive or negative integers since they track their money through a check book register while traveling around a game board, competing against classmates.What is included?-career, fate, and destiny cards-game board-check book register-simulation outline-teacher notes/hints-student cheat sheet-loa
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6th - 8th
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StockUp - A Stock Market project for the Maths classroom
StockUp - A Stock Market project for the Maths classroomIn this challenge students are given $1000 to invest in the stock exchange. They combine with other students to create an investment group. Individually and as a group they will then track this investment over the term or year.I do this every year with my Math class and it is often a highlight of the year for students. They learn lots about investments and money markets along the way.Great for understanding decimal numbers and percentages a
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4th - 8th
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Multiply Decimals: Run a Lemonade Stand! 4.OA.2 5.NBT.7
Students add, subtract, and multiply decimals while running their very own lemonade stand. Their goal, to earn enough money to buy the coveted Robot-tron.
Students find the cost of production, set a price, decide when to sell, and calculate their profit. Their every decision affects the final outcome.
* Gain familiarity of what goes in to starting a business.
* Engaging concept gives decimals meaning with everyday applications.
* Students work in groups to complete their goal.
*Can be easily
Grades:
4th - 6th
The Ultimate Basketball Learning Activity & Game - Data Management & Probability
DATA MANAGEMENT AND BASKETBALL!Can be used as a performance task for Data Management and Number Sense and Numeration! Want an exciting and fun activity to get students interested in Data Management? This is the resource for you! Combining competitive gameplay, exciting research, and fun this activity is a surefire way to get your class interested in Data Management. You'll create player profiles and using experimental probability determine the outcome of basketball games played between your
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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4th/5th STEAM Activity:Money, Decimals Percentage, Interest Rate, Stock Market!
This activity is AMAZING!!! We used this in conjunction with our math unit on fractions and decimals and our literacy unit on Using Money and The Stock Exchange. It incorporates literally every discipline! **Editable!
----->Students are given a weekly budgeting scenario, where they must manage their account balance, write checks, and calculate withdrawals and deposits on a check register.
It is differentiated to accommodate higher-level learners. This accelerated activity requires multiplyi
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Choose Your Own Math-venture: Zombies (percents)
Choose Your Own Math-venture is a mathematical gamebook where students are faced with a zombie attack, solving equations using percents within an engaging adventure story. As students read, they face decisions that will change the path of the story. Correctly solving equations using their understanding of percents will help them make the best choices. This series of student-selected adventuring can be used to improve engagement, assess understanding, and/or support instruction as a center activi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Math Role-Playing Game (Trip Planners): Travel Cards 1-20
Trip Planners is a role-playing game that integrates math, geography, and writing. Students begin with a folder that includes an expense ledger, spiral notebook for journal writing, laminated United States road map, and a United States road atlas. Using the laminated road map, students plan a cross-country road trip. Next, students begin with $5,000 in their expense ledger. Students randomly choose a travel card. Each travel card represents one day of traveling on the road and include food
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Percents: Understanding Credit Card Debt Worksheet for Students - Scenario 3
This chart covers the following scenario:
"Capital One offers a special credit card for teens. It has a spending limit of $100 per month and a very low monthly payment of 2%. The APR for this card is also pretty low at 7%. You talk to your parents and they agree that it sounds safe so they cosign the card with you. You now have your own credit card to use for monthly purchases and do not have to constantly ask your parents for money. You will owe your parents the remaining balance at the end
Grades:
7th - 10th
Scholarship Project Based Learning - Adding & Subtracting Decimals
Congratulations! Your students are awarded a set amount of money to spend to decorate their college dorm room. The activity includes:
* Step by Step Instructions
* Balance Sheet
* Sample Checks
* Additional Earning Opportunities
* Differentiation Suggestions
* Teacher Tips
* Rubric
With this problem based learning activity, your students will have practice adding and subtracting decimals, balancing a check registry, writing checks, planning a budget, shopping for the best deal, and man
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5th - 8th
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Save the Patient Math Race/Scavenger Hunt / Multiply and Divide Decimals /Doctor
This is a great way to combine math and science in an engaging way!Use for classroom transformation, thematic unit, or a stand-alone activity.Students will solve math problems based on actual human body facts. Problems will require students to multiply or divide decimals, up to the hundredths place. At the end, students must use their knowledge of the human body to place their organs in the correct spots. Two copies included; color and grayscale.Answer Key and Directions included.
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5th - 7th
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Fantasy Baseball by Josh Hammond
This exciting and interactive unit is based in the Common Core State Standards - specifically covering the Statistics and Probability domain for 6th and 7th grade.
There are 10 lessons in all that teach students about probability, mean and median, statistical variation, and much more. Students will also build a team of players from scratch, participating in a live auction to do so. Students will then play interactive games against each other, and keep track of the player statistics through it a
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5th - 8th
Trip Planners II - Math Role-Playing Game: Travel Cards 21-40
More hilarious and wacky fun featuring more complex math problem solving travel cards! This is a math role-playing game that integrates math problem solving, adding and subtracting money amounts, multiplying money amounts, geography, and writing. Students solve real-world problems as they travel using a road atlas. This compliments travel cards 1-20. Expense ledge template included.
Meets common core math standards for Grade 5: Numbers & Operations in Base Ten and Grade 6: The Number System
Concession Stand Spread Sheet For Google Sheets
This assignment will cover many different topics across the curriculum, including, math, research, economics not to mention the main objective to get more familiar with using Google Sheets. It is a simulation that will give the students a real life experience of running a concession stand, They will research products that would sell best in their stand in order for them to earn a profit. They will set up the spreed sheet to keep track of the amount of money they have spent, how much profit they
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8th - 11th
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“Decimal Number Builder” Build decimal numbers with base 10 blocks (digital)
Understanding place value is essential for developing a solid foundation of mathematical understanding. The Base 10 blocks are a great manipulative for visualizing and understanding place value for whole numbers and for decimal numbers. We have already created two digital activities/tools to practice modeling whole numbers with base 10 blocks. Number builder 4D and Number builder 6D. Number builder 4D uses (random) numbers up to 4 digits and number builder 6D uses numbers up to 6 digits. Today w
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4th - 7th
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Decimals Bundle: Real World Tasks {Save 20% - Get an activity free!}
Buy this bundle and save 20%! With this deal you are getting an activity for free.
Use these activities and assessments to supplement your curriculum. These meaningful activities make decimals relevant and engaging by applying the concept to everyday tasks.
Included in This Bundle:
Add Decimals: Real World Task 5.NBT.7
Decimals: Estimating, Adding, and Multiplying [Real World Task] 5.NBT.7
Ordering Decimals: Help a Racing Company {Differentiated} 4.NF.7 & 5.NBT.3
Add, Subtract, and Multi
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4th - 6th
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Lots of People - Decimal PBL
This project comes with many variations to differentiate for students of all levels. The goal of the project is for students to plan a fair, either individually or in groups. Once they have planned the fair the answer keys tell you how many people actually attended and what activities they participated in. Students then do the math to find their real profits and revenue and reflect on the whole event by creating a presentation summarizing what happened and what they might do differently next tim
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4th - 7th
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Compare and Order Numbers Activity
This activity is designed to be used weekly (all year) to reinforce comparing and ordering numbers, and the numbers get more complex as the year progresses. The students will start with just positive integers, and end with ordering all forms of numbers on a single number line. To use this activity, you will need to hang a taught piece of string or yarn somewhere in your room that is easily accessible to all students upon their entry to the room. Each student will be given a number and needs t
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5th - 9th
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Food Truck Math Bundle
This resource is great to use as an end of the year culminating math project or as an extension for small groups. I have included FOUR different versions of this product so that it is accessible to multiple levels of learners. One version fits best with the fourth grade math standards and another with the fifth grade math standards. In the sixth grade section, version 1 is of the sixth grade standards, and version 2 will challenge students with the sixth grade standards.During the first part of
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