Make a Budget - Real Life Math Project Based Learning PBL High School Math

What others say

"This resource was designed very thoughtfully and covers a wide variety of skills and topics. My students found it engaging. Thank you!"

Meagan C.

"My SPED HS students had fun with this. The comments I got the most were "I didn't know stuff costs so much money!" and "Now I know why my parents say no sometimes." It was really easy to use and the kids liked being able to make decisions based on their chosen "families". "

Lauren D.

Description

In this Make a Budget Project, students will learn how to manage their money and budget for a family. Through this project based learning activity, students will budget for expenses from rent, utilities, and car payments, to childcare costs, groceries, health care, cell phones, and savings. Your students will get a glimpse into adulthood and gain REAL LIFE MATH experience!

**Salaries and costs are updated to 2025 national averages.

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The math skills used in this project are:

Solving Proportions
Calculating Percentages
Using Formulas (ie: simple interest)
Statistics (Pie Chart)

Students will learn about:

Income Tax
Household Utilities
Loan Interest
Health Insurance
Creating a visual of their budget (Pie Chart)

Project Parts:

1) Housing

2) Car

3) Cell Phone

4) Food

5) Entertainment

6) Health

7) Childcare

8) Miscellaneous

9) Savings

**Students will also create a pie chart of their spending and a write-up reflection.

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Make a Budget - Real Life Math Project Based Learning PBL High School Math

Name: Make a Budget - Real Life Math Project Based Learning PBL High School Math
Brand: Math Teachers Lounge
SKU: 5038440
Price: 6.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (82 reviews)

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Grades

8th - 12th

Subjects

Algebra, Applied Math, Math

What others say

"This resource was designed very thoughtfully and covers a wide variety of skills and topics. My students found it engaging. Thank you!"

Meagan C.

Lauren D.

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Description

**Salaries and costs are updated to 2025 national averages.

**SAVE OVER 30% with the Real Life Math Projects Bundle by clicking HERE.

The math skills used in this project are:

Solving Proportions
Calculating Percentages
Using Formulas (ie: simple interest)
Statistics (Pie Chart)

Students will learn about:

Income Tax
Household Utilities
Loan Interest
Health Insurance
Creating a visual of their budget (Pie Chart)

Project Parts:

1) Housing

2) Car

3) Cell Phone

4) Food

5) Entertainment

6) Health

7) Childcare

8) Miscellaneous

9) Savings

**Students will also create a pie chart of their spending and a write-up reflection.

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Rated 4.8 out of 5, based on 82 reviews

82
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A well crafted resource

Rated 5 out of 5

May 11, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

I used this in my class to help my students develop some financial literacy skills.

Cornelia M.

159 reviews • Pennsylvania

Grades taught: 7th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Helpful and engaging

Rated 5 out of 5

January 5, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

This resource was designed very thoughtfully and covers a wide variety of skills and topics. My students found it engaging. Thank you!

Meagan Church

(TPT Seller)

128 reviews • Washington

Grades taught: 7th, 8th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Excellent long project

Rated 5 out of 5

January 4, 2026

I use this in my business class and its a great, complete resource

VentureEd Business Materials

(TPT Seller)

208 reviews • Outside the United States

Grades taught: 9th, 10th, 11th

Great Resource!

Rated 5 out of 5

October 22, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

My SPED HS students had fun with this. The comments I got the most were "I didn't know stuff costs so much money!" and "Now I know why my parents say no sometimes." It was really easy to use and the kids liked being able to make decisions based on their chosen "families".

Lauren D.

7 reviews • New Jersey

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Mild to severe disabilities

Well Thought Out Resource

Rated 5 out of 5

August 25, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

This was such a great resource. I was blown away with how well thought out it was. I used this with my grade 7 and 8 students. They were so engaged! Worth the purchase!

Lavanya R.

62 reviews • Outside the United States

Grades taught: 7th, 8th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

July 18, 2025

My students had a great time getting into pairs and making a 'life' for themselves. We had a great time working through all the real world problems they could possibly encounter and how to solve those problems. Thank you for taking the time to create a great resource!

contentclassroom

(TPT Seller)

355 reviews

Grades taught: 8th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 13, 2025

This was a fun end of the year projects for my math students to work on.

Nichole Kimbell

(TPT Seller)

430 reviews

Grades taught: 9th

Student populations: Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 5 out of 5

July 5, 2025

I used this in my 12th grade Personal Finance resource math class. It was very useful.

Laurie S.

88 reviews

Grades taught: 12th

Student populations: Learning difficulties