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Classroom Percentages Performance Task
Real-World Percent Problems That Make Students Think! This engaging, real-world performance task helps students apply their knowledge of percent concepts through a series of multi-step problems tied to a classroom setting. It’s perfect for use as a summative assessment, collaborative task, or percent problem-solving project. Use it for: ✔️ End-of-unit assessment or summative check ✔️ Real-world math challenges ✔️ Group work or independent reasoning ✔️ Differentiation or early finisher task Ski
6th - 8th
Basic Operations, Money Math, Numbers
CCSS
6.RP.A.3c
Restaurant Check for Taxes, Tips and Totals
Taco bout a fun activity! Students can use the internet to search for their favorite restaurant's menus. They will use this information to create restaurant checks for tables of 1 to 4. The checks include spaces for all types of meals, descriptions and prices. Students will have to add up all totals, increasing addition fluency. After students have a subtotal they will need to find the tax (based on the correct tax rate), tip amount (based on the percent given by the teacher) and grand total.
5th - 8th
Financial Literacy, Money Math, Numbers
Math Restaurant Menu Project & Tip Calculation - Percent Project
Bring real-world math to life with this engaging and creative Restaurant Math Project! Students become restaurant owners as they design their own restaurant, create a menu, assign prices, take customer orders, calculate totals, and practice finding a 20% tip. This hands-on project combines creativity with essential math skills in a fun and meaningful way. What’s Included: • Full-color project directions poster • Black-and-white blank menu template • Black-and-white restaurant storefront color
3rd - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Discounts, Markups, Tax & Tips Scavenger Hunt | Percent Word Problems Activity
Make percent word problems active and engaging with this real-world math scavenger hunt! Students will solve problems involving discounts, markups, sales tax, tips, commission, sale price, and final cost as they move around the room searching for matching answers. This activity is perfect for practicing percent applications in a hands-on way. Students solve each card, find the matching answer on another card, and continue until they complete the full scavenger hunt. When completed correctly, t
6th - 8th, Adult Education
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
MP1
, MP2
French Macaron Real Life Math: Percent, Ratios & Business Math (Grades 6-9)
Introducing the French Macaron Real Life Math: Percent, Ratios & Business Math (Grades 6-9), the perfect solution to engage your 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, and 10th Grade Mathematics students. This "no prep" resource allows teachers to seamlessly integrate real-world problem-solving, boosting student engagement and saving valuable planning time. What's Included:5 engaging, print-ready worksheets with 12 real-world math problems focusing on French macarons.A captivating story th
5th - 10th
Algebra, Economics , Money Math
CCSS
6.RP.A.1
, 7.RP.A.1
Percents - Tax, Tip and Discount
In this 7th grade math assignment, students will apply their understanding of perecent problems involving tax, tip and discounts using Next Generation Learning Standard 7.RP.3. Students will complete a choice based activity where each question is worth a different number of points based on its level of difficulty. Their goal is to reach a total of 17 points by selecting and solving problems of their choice. This format allows students to choose their own level of challenge while demonstrating
6th - 7th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Money Math
CCSS
7.RP.A.3
Back to School Shopping Challenge – Percent & Budget Math Project (Print + Digit
Engage your students with this fun and practical real-world math project! Learners are given a $300 budget and must calculate discounts, make smart purchases, and reflect on their spending—all while practicing percent and decimal operations. What’s Included: Printable student shopping worksheet Editable Google Slides version Answer key with final totals Reflection questions for critical thinking Skills Covered: Percent discounts Subtracting from a total budget Estimating totals and decision
6th - 9th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Percents in Real Life Project – Calculate Discounts, Tax, and Tip | Real-World
Engage students with this real-world math project where they calculate discounts, sales tax, and tips on various items. Perfect for practicing percent applications in a fun, meaningful way, this activity builds financial literacy and problem-solving skills. Ideal for grades 6–8.
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
6.RP.A.3c
, 7.RP.A.3
Also included in: Percents Real Life Project & Foldables Bundle – Discounts, Tax, and Tip
The percent based budget - consumer math Project
💰 The Percent - Ba$ed Budget | Consumer Math Project-Based Learning ActivityBring percentages and real-world budgeting to life with this engaging, hands-on consumer math project! In The Percent - Ba$ed Budget, students step into a real-world scenario where they take on a career persona, calculate a monthly salary, and design a personal budget using percentages. This project-based learning activity helps students connect classroom math to real financial decisions — all while mastering how
6th - 8th
Algebra, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
7.NS.A.1d
, 6.RP.A.3c
, 7.RP.A.3
+2
Gym Real Life Application Math Project Standards Based Decimals Percents Rates
Run the gym, run the numbers! This engaging and creative math project-based learning places your students in the role of CEO of their dream gyms. Students will practice unit rates and create flyers that advertise the best competitive payment rates, design blueprints that match percent requirements for area, curate a snack menu for their gym cafe, and more. Customize this project to be a one-day activity or as long as a week-long project by picking the topic that matches the needs and interes
4th - 6th
Decimals, Money Math, Numbers
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.B.2
+5
Percents Project | Financial Literacy | Summer BBQ Challenge Math 7 Rich Task
Looking for a practical way to teach and assess percent calculations and real-world cost comparisons? The Summer BBQ Grocery Challenge gets students thinking critically as they decide where to shop for the best overall deal.In this rich task, students compare prices for a summer BBQ grocery list across three different stores. They apply percent discounts, “buy one get one” promotions, and sales tax to determine total costs. After making their calculations, students choose the best-value store an
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Financial Literacy, Money Math, Other (Math)
Food Truck Challenge Project Based Learning PBL Real World Activity Grades 5-7th
Looking for a fun, real-world math mini project that practices decimals, percents, tip, tax, and budget skills—all while keeping your students engaged? The Taco vs Pizza Food Truck Challenge is a low-prep, high-engagement activity that blends project-based learning with consumer math—perfect for middle school students. In this creative mini PBL, students take on the role of food truck customers with a $15 budget. They’ll plan a meal (main dish, sides, drink), apply tax, tip, and coupons, a
6th - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.2
, 6.NS.B.3
, 6.RP.A.3
Thanksgiving Math Craft | Budget Planner Lapbook Activities | Grades 3–5 | Fun!
Thanksgiving Math Craft | Budget Planner Lapbook Activities | Grades 3–5 | Low-Prep | Fun!Make Thanksgiving learning meaningful and fun with this Thanksgiving Math Craft Budget Planner Lapbook! Students practice real-world money and math skills as they plan a Thanksgiving dinner within a set budget. Each level challenges students to use addition, multiplication, comparison, and decision-making while tracking expenses and staying within budget — a perfect blend of holiday fun and math reasoning
3rd - 5th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Money Math
Dream Business - Percent Project
In this project, students will become entrepreneurs. They will design their own small business – like a clothing store, cafe, tech shop, etc – and use percent skills to bring their business to life. They will make financial decisions, adjust prices, and calculate profits using real-world percent math. Included in your purchase: Project Description Handout for students with rubricTask worksheets for tasks 1-3Sample Project Slides (pdf)
6th - 8th
Financial Literacy, Money Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
7.NS.A.2d
, 7.RP.A.3
House Hunter Project | Real-World Math Activity | Google Slides
Make real-world math meaningful with this engaging House Hunter Project! Students take on the role of future homeowners as they search for houses, compare loans, calculate interest, and determine the true cost of buying a home. This project is perfect for teaching financial literacy, critical thinking, and real-life math skills in a fun and interactive way. 📊 What Students Will Do: Search for 2 real homes online (Zillow, Homes.com, etc.) Compare home prices and features Calculate loan in
7th - 10th
Algebra, Financial Literacy, Money Math
7th Grade Math Project Based Learning PBL Snack Shop Challenge RealWorld Project
In this 5-day project-based learning unit, students become entrepreneurs as they are in charge of running the snack shop. They’ll apply key 7th grade math concepts— ratios and proportions, percents, rational numbers, equations, and probability—to solve authentic challenges like pricing snacks, scaling recipes, budgeting, and predicting customer behavior. Perfect for end-of-unit review, test prep, or a real-world math enrichment activity! No Prep- Ready to use 7th Grade Math Project Based Lear
7th
Money Math, Numbers, Other (Math)
CCSS
7.SP.A.1
, 7.SP.C.6
, 7.NS.A.1
+4
Going to the Movies Math Project Based Learning PBL Real World Grades 5-7th
Take your students’ real-world math skills to the next level with this Deluxe Movies on a Budget Activity, designed for grades 5–7 and perfect for an engaging review of budgeting, decimals, percent, and consumer math. This upgraded version provides more choice, more challenge, and more opportunities for students to apply math authentically—just like they would in real life. Students must plan a trip to the movies while staying under budget, comparing prices, applying coupons, calculating tot
5th - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.2
, 6.NS.B.3
, 6.RP.A.3
Zero-Dollar Startup: How to Start a Business for Free or Cheap
Are you thinking of running a student business project where students create their own small business? I love bringing entrepreneurship into my personal finance classroom as a 1-2 month project in our increasing income unit. Starting a business or side hustle can be an expensive endeavor, BUT it doesn't need to be! The concepts of a lean startup or zero-dollar startup are perfect for teen businesses since they challenge students to build a business, from the ground up, using the funds of the bus
7th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Business, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Also included in: The Real Business Project | Create Real-Life Student Businesses BUNDLE
Financial Literacy Unit 1: Banking Basics L3
Banking Basics - Complete Financial Literacy Lesson for High SchoolThis comprehensive lesson on Banking Basics is part of a complete Financial Literacy curriculum designed specifically for high school students. With ready-to-use student materials and detailed teacher guides, this resource makes teaching essential banking concepts accessible and engaging for students grades 9-12. WHAT'S INCLUDED:• Complete student lesson packet (PDF format) with mini-reading, worksheet, and activities • Comprehen
9th - 12th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Holiday Shopping on a Budget! Christmas Math Activity
Bring real-world financial literacy and holiday excitement into your math classroom with Holiday Shopping on a Budget! This engaging Christmas-themed budgeting activity challenges students to work with a $75 spending limit while adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, comparing totals, and calculating percent discounts. Students must make decisions, justify their math, and think critically—perfect for December math lessons, centers, early-finishers, small groups, or independent practice. Thi
4th - 8th
Applied Math, Decimals, Money Math
CCSS
4.NBT.B.4
, 5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.B.3
+2
7th grade -Percent project- Tax, Percent Change, Commission, Simple Interest
Hook Your Students with Real-World Percent Problems! Transform percent practice from boring worksheets into an engaging digital experience! This interactive activity challenges 7th graders to solve real-world percent problems through scenarios they actually care about-vacation & cars! Practice includes: calculating tax, profit, commission, discounts, percent change and simple interest for vacations and cars. Watch as your students develop confidence with percents while having fun! Wha
7th - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
7.RP.A.3
School Shopping On a Budget Project Based Learning PBL Real World 5-7th Grade
Looking for a realistic and student-approved way to start the year with engagement, math practice, and real-life application? This project-based learning activity gives students the challenge of shopping for back-to-school essentials on a budget! Students will work through budgeting, calculating tax, applying coupons, and even comparing uniform vs. everyday outfit choices—all while practicing key math skills like multiplication, division, decimals, and percents. With both regular and simplified
5th - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.2
, 6.NS.B.3
, 6.RP.A.3
Run a Small Business Project | Profit, Revenue, Percent, Break-Even | Real World
Make math meaningful with this engaging small business project!In this real-world math activity, students create their own business, set prices, and calculate costs, revenue, and profit. This project is designed with clear scaffolding and step-by-step support, making it perfect for resource math, intervention, and middle school classrooms. Students will: create a business idea and product determine pricing and production costs calculate revenue, expenses, and profit find percent profit dete
6th - 12th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Money Math
Bedroom Makeover on a Budget Project Based Learning PBL Consumer Math Gr 5-8th
Looking for a highly engaging, low-prep math PBL activity that gives your students the chance to practice real-world skills while flexing their creativity? This Dream Bedroom Makeover on a Budget is the perfect project-based learning experience for upper elementary and middle school math students in grades 6–8. Students are challenged to redesign their dream bedroom using a fixed budget while applying essential math concepts like multiplying and dividing decimals, calculating percent discounts
6th - 8th
Decimals, Financial Literacy, Money Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.2
, 6.NS.B.3
, 6.RP.A.3
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