Real World Math Project- Project Based Learning

What others say

"This is a fun project for the students who finish quickly! They know to work on it when they don't have anything else to do. Easy set up too."

Laura C.

Description

Real World Math Project provides a fun way for Middle School students to discover what it is like to have a job, pay taxes, have a mortgage, a car loan, go grocery shopping and set up a budget! Just like in real life!

The great thing about this project is that all of these things have been simplified to a middle school level, making this project educational and enjoyable for students.

Students will start the project by picking a career. Next, students will complete a guided worksheet to calculate their monthly income after taxes. Students will use their monthly income to decide which house and car they can afford. Then, students will go food shopping to estimate the cost of groceries for one month. Last, students will create a budget of their monthly expenses.

The download includes the following:

- 9 page student packet which includes a title page, outline of the project, expense chart, food shopping list, budget chart, journal, and grading checklist

- 2 pages of career cards

- 10 pages of homes

- 10 pages of cars

- 5 day lesson plan

- 5 journal prompt PowerPoint slides

I have used this project with my students for several years and they love it! I am excited to share this with you!

Purchase this product as part of a Real-Life Math Project BUNDLE here.

Purchase the digital version of the product here.

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Real World Math Project- Project Based Learning

Name: Real World Math Project- Project Based Learning
Brand: Math Hands On
SKU: 1351134
Price: 6.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.88 (227 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

PDF

Grades

6th - 8th

Subjects

Math

Standards

CCSS6.NS.B.3

CCSS6.RP.A.3c

CCSS7.RP.A.3

What others say

"This is a fun project for the students who finish quickly! They know to work on it when they don't have anything else to do. Easy set up too."

Laura C.

Description

The great thing about this project is that all of these things have been simplified to a middle school level, making this project educational and enjoyable for students.

The download includes the following:

- 9 page student packet which includes a title page, outline of the project, expense chart, food shopping list, budget chart, journal, and grading checklist

- 2 pages of career cards

- 10 pages of homes

- 10 pages of cars

- 5 day lesson plan

- 5 journal prompt PowerPoint slides

I have used this project with my students for several years and they love it! I am excited to share this with you!

Purchase this product as part of a Real-Life Math Project BUNDLE here.

Purchase the digital version of the product here.

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.88 out of 5, based on 227 reviews

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Mostly used with 6th and 7th grades

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Great Resource!

Rated 5 out of 5

March 16, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

Used this with my middle schoolers with disabilities - great resource, thank you!

Chloe F.

148 reviews • Connecticut

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th

Student populations: Autism, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities

Great for Higher Kiddos

Rated 5 out of 5

December 18, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This is a fun project for the students who finish quickly! They know to work on it when they don't have anything else to do. Easy set up too.

Laura C.

114 reviews • Colorado

Grades taught: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Rated 5 out of 5

October 20, 2024

Great resource students were engaged and focused!

Robin V.

160 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th

Rated 5 out of 5

January 19, 2024

Great project to do with the students. My students were so engaged.

Linda zuniga

(TPT Seller)

305 reviews

Grades taught: 6th, 7th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

November 29, 2023

This was a high interest activity and a great way to connect real life to math

Melissa L.

61 reviews

Grades taught: 9th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 4 out of 5

November 6, 2022

It was a very engaging activity. Students had a lot of choices.

Aida N.

446 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

September 1, 2022

I used this during summer school. It was a great fun project to do with my students.

Mindy S.

43 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Rated 5 out of 5

August 16, 2022

I used this for my sixth grade accelerated math. I had to add some supports throughout the project, but they were able to complete all parts of the project. They were very engaged throughout. I will definitely continue using it.

Bani Maita

(TPT Seller)

92 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS6.NS.B.3

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

CCSS6.RP.A.3c

Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

CCSS7.RP.A.3

Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.