Step into the role of a New Year City Planner with this 10-page, black-and-white “New Year City Budget Masterplan” worksheet pack! Students manage real-world budgeting decisions for fireworks, entertainment, safety services, cleanup crews, transportation, and more—using Grade 5 math to plan a successful city-wide New Year celebration.

Each worksheet presents a new financial scenario with a data table, illustration, and 10 real-world word problems. Students apply decimals, percent, estimation, multi-step operations, and graph interpretation to solve authentic budgeting tasks. The final question on every worksheet serves as a “city decision challenge” to push critical thinking and reasoning.

Perfect for January, enrichment, math centers, or real-world application units.

What’s Included:Worksheet 1: City Budget Overview – Understanding the Big Picture

Skills: Reading budget tables, adding decimals, comparing costs
Task: Interpret the city’s main expense categories and analyze total spending

Worksheet 2: Fireworks Budget Analysis

Skills: Multiplying decimals, total cost, percent discount
Task: Calculate firework show costs and evaluate budget-saving options

Worksheet 3: Entertainment Costs & Ticket Revenue

Skills: Percent of revenue, multi-step operations, comparing profit vs. expenses
Task: Analyze performer fees, stage setup costs, and ticket income

Worksheet 4: Safety & Emergency Services Budget

Skills: Rounding, estimation, evaluating cost effectiveness
Task: Review fire, medical, and safety costs to determine the most efficient plan

Worksheet 5: Cleanup Crew & Waste Management

Skills: Multiplying whole numbers and decimals, percent of total budget
Task: Estimate cleanup expenses and determine waste management allocations

Worksheet 6: Food Vendor Permits & City Revenue

Skills: Adding decimals, comparing revenue sources, basic graphing
Task: Calculate permit revenue and create a simple revenue bar graph

Worksheet 7: Crowd Flow & Transportation Budget

Skills: Multi-step operations, interpreting tables, estimation
Task: Evaluate shuttle routes, transportation fees, and city travel costs

Worksheet 8: City Budget Pie Chart

Skills: Percent of a whole, converting fractions/decimals, visual representation
Task: Calculate and shade correct percentages for each category

Worksheet 9: Budget Cut Decisions

Skills: Percent reduction, scenario evaluation, comparing options
Task: Decide how to reduce spending while keeping essential services funded

Worksheet 10: New Year City Graph Report

Skills: Graphing, comparing categories, multi-step analysis
Task: Build a bar graph of spending categories and interpret trends

How It Helps Students:

• Builds strong financial literacy and real-world problem-solving skills
• Strengthens understanding of decimals, percent, estimation, and multi-step reasoning
• Connects math concepts directly to authentic city planning scenarios
• Increases engagement through hands-on decision-making

How It Helps Teachers:

• No-prep worksheets—just print and go
• Perfect for January math centers, enrichment, or applied math units
• Integrates multiple CCSS domains in a cohesive, meaningful theme
• Includes structured data tables and clear, student-friendly layouts

Solves Key Pain Points:

• Provides real-world context instead of abstract problems
• Keeps students highly engaged with city planning tasks
• Saves teacher time with ready-made scenarios and answer keys
• Offers opportunities for discussion, reasoning, and justification

This resource includes typographically styled fractions and exponents, along with auto-formatted elements, designed to expose students to a variety of visual representations. By incorporating both digital and traditional formats, students encounter mathematical expressions in ways they may not often see in standard textbooks. This approach enhances flexible thinking and supports adaptation to various digital tools, platforms, and real-world scenarios. It encourages a deeper conceptual understanding and strengthens students’ confidence with diverse mathematical notations.

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