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Design a Dream Bedroom Area and Perimeter End of Year Math Project 4th 5th Grade
With this math project based learning unit your students will design a dream bedroom and apply the skills of area and perimeter, surface area, scale factor, adding decimals and multiplication. This highly engaging math pbl unit will show your students the real world applications of what they are learning in class! ** Now includes METRIC and CUSTOMARY versions of all measurement pages!Please open the PREVIEW to see what is included in this fun project! This math PBL includes:Project overviewOut
4th - 6th
Basic Operations, Geometry, Visual Arts
CCSS
4.MD.A.3
, 5.NBT.B.5
, 5.NBT.B.7
+2
Multiplication Project - Real World Math with Arrays Equal Groups Fact Families
SEE ALL REAL-LIFE MATH PROJECTS AND ESCAPE ROOMS HERE.This resource is included in PDF format for printing and in Google Slides™️ format for digital learning. This makes it useable with Google Classroom™️ or Microsoft TEAMS™. Please see the free preview for full details and slide samples.Are you looking for a way to reinforce basic multiplication concepts in an engaging way that helps your students make connections? “Run a Pet Shelter” is a real-life math project where students will complete NI
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
3.OA.A.1
, 3.OA.A.3
, 3.OA.A.4
+3
Also included in: Multiplication and Division Facts
Food Truck Challenge Math Project Based Learning Activity with Decimals & Money
This project based learning activity incorporates engineering, art, geometry, decimals, addition, and subtraction. Students design and construct a paper food truck and then run it using "Guest Checks" to take customer orders and calculate change by adding and subtracting money with decimals to hundredths. This resource includes:teacher directionsstudent directions (with photos of each step)all templates to construct the food truck, counter, oven, refrigerator, and trash can 4 guest checks to ta
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Decimals, Geometry
CCSS
4.NBT.B.4
, 5.NBT.B.7
, 4.OA.A.3
100th Day of School Activities Math Writing Prompts Coloring Pages Craft
Celebrate the 100th Day of School with meaningful, standards-based fun without sacrificing instructional time! This packet is filled with engaging 100th Day of School Activities designed specifically for upper elementary students. With 20+ academic, age-appropriate pages, your students will strengthen math skillsrespond to thoughtful writing promptslearn about history 100 years agocomplete fun coloring pagesenjoy hands-on crafts and puzzlespracticing higher-level critical-thinking skills Studen
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Creative Writing, Writing
The Million Dollar Challenge | Financial Literacy Project 4th–7th Grade
What would YOU do with a million dollars? Your students are about to find out — and learn critical money management skills in the process! The Million Dollar Challenge is an engaging financial literacy project designed for 4th–7th graders. Students step into the role of a beneficiary inheriting a million-dollar fortune — but with a twist! They must follow a set of spending restrictions that make every financial decision a challenge. Through this hands-on simulation, students will practice
4th - 7th
Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)
4th Grade Math Project Based Learning | Add, Subtract, Multiply, Money, and More
This fun 4th-grade math project-based learning activity teaches students math and business skills while they design and plan their donut shop opening! Standards covered include Multi-digit addition & subtraction, money, multiplication, and more! It's great for Common Core Math and other state standards! Help your students practice real-life math skills with this quality math project. It even includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Differentiation and student choice are built in
4th
Basic Operations, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.A.3
, 4.NBT.B.4
+2
Also included in: Math Project-based Learning for 4th Grade Bundle: 6 Awesome Projects!
Figure Me Out Back to School Math All About Me Get to Know You Activity
This "Figure Me Out" math activity is the perfect way to get to know one another while practicing and reviewing math skills at the beginning of the year back to school time. Students answer questions about themselves with numbers (example: how old are you, what year were you born, how many people are in your family, etc.) and then come up with math problems for each answer. They write their equations on sticky notes and place them over the answer (or type, drag and drop in the digital version.)
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Mental Math, Numbers
CCSS
3.OA.A.4
, 3.OA.B.5
, 4.OA.A.3
MATHVILLE Build a City Math Project Geometry Volume Summer End of Year Activity
Give your students the chance to build their own city from scratch with MATHVILLE! In this project students will go through 6 phases where you will measure, calculate, cut, color, build, paste, and use your math problem solving skills to construct the city from scratch. Students will calculate the base area, surface area and volume of 3d figures (last two are optional depending on grade level). The nets form the buildings of the city, their base area will help the students know the location
5th - 12th
Basic Operations, Geometry, Measurement
CCSS
6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.4
, 7.G.A.3
+5
Multi-digit Multiplication Project Based Learning
Love project based learning? Look no further for a multi-digit multiplication project with real-world application to engage your students! With this activity, students will have to practice using multi-digit multiplication to plan a camping trip for their classmates. It's engaging, meaningful, and no prep is required! This is a PRINTABLE resource that can also be distributed to students via PDF. A TPT EASEL activity has also been created for these resources. Looking for a fully digital versio
3rd - 5th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
4.NBT.B.4
, 4.NBT.B.5
, 5.NBT.B.5
Also included in: 4th Grade Multi-Digit Multiplication Bundle
Farm Addition Craft | Spring Barn Animal Kindergarten Math Academic Craft
Students will enjoy practicing simple addition using this fun farm and animal craft. Included are the title, sentence frame stories (2 versions), a barn, cows, pigs, sheep, and chicks. Copy the barn and animals on colored paper and provide students with as many or as less animals you choose to create their activity. Enjoy :) *Included: -Title: Farm Animal Addition -Barn -Cow -Chick -Sheep -Pig -Option 1: I have ____ pigs and ____ sheep at my farm. I have ____ animals altogether. -Option 2: I hav
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math
Campground Design Real World Math Project Based Learning | Multiplication Arrays
In the Camp Array Architect math project, students step into the role of campground designer, applying their knowledge of equal groups, arrays, multiplication and division fact families, and the properties of multiplication to create something they’re proud to share. It’s more than a multiplication project — it’s a creative, real-world math experience your students will remember. HOW IT WORKS:Students take on the challenge of becoming an Array Architect: Design a campground map featuring arr
3rd
Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
3.OA.A.1
, 3.OA.A.2
, 3.OA.A.3
+11
Math Project Based Learning for 4th Grade: Plan a Family Vacation | Enrichment
Have your 4th graders plan a family vacation in this fun Math Project-based learning activity! Standards covered include distance, numbers in word and number form, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It's great for Common Core Math and other state standards! Help your students practice real-life and math skills with this quality math project. It includes a teacher guide walking you through each step. Differentiation and student choice is built into all of my PBLs! Your students
4th
Basic Operations, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 4.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
+2
Also included in: Math Project-based Learning for 4th Grade Bundle: 6 Awesome Projects!
Test Track STEM / STEAM Challenge | Race Car Project Based Learning | Grades 3-6
Your students will love learning about motion, speed, design and staying on budget with this race car themed STEM Challenge called Test Track. This STEAM project integrates math, science, art, and engineering in an engaging and fun way to incorporate project based learning in your classroom! Students are told that they are going to build their own race cars that need to be as FAST as possible, all while staying with their budget of $29,000! Students choose their car frame (from the 4 options),
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Engineering, Graphic Arts
CCSS
3.NBT.A.1
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.3
Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets
Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product. This Unit Covers1. Scarcity 2. Opportunity Costs 3. Producers and Consumers 4. Budgets 5. Market Places
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Economics
The Project-Based Math Library | 5th Grade Math Project-Based Learning
This is a library of 11 project-based math resources 5th grade. Each project-based math unit covers a specific math standard which makes these units perfect for standards-based math instruction. Each unit is a 5-day project-based math resource that applies math concepts in a real-world scenario. In each 5-day unit is engaging and authentic and includes student voice and choice. Students are engaged in making decisions for their projects which increases student buy-in and interest in the projec
5th
Basic Operations, Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
5.MD.C.3
, 5.MD.C.3a
, 5.MD.C.3b
+19
End of Year Math Project Fun Mixed Multiplication Facts Activities Worksheets
Bring the fun to your Pirate Day math projects for 3rd grade with a pirate themed review of multiplication facts! Would you love to see your students actively engaged in building multiplication fact fluency? Even telling you that basic multiplication facts fluency practice was the best part of the day? If so, this high-engagement 3rd grade multiplication project based learning activity is perfect for you. Yep… memorable project-driven mixed multiplication facts review ready to go! Just print a
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
3.OA.C.7
Math Projects & Escape Rooms for Grades 2-3 | Bundle of Ten
Ready to infuse real-life experience into your Math class? Math projects are a great way to do just that! This is a bundle of TEN Math Projects and Escape Rooms: Run a Candy Store (place value to 100)The Camping Trip (addition and subtraction to 100)Run a Pizza Place (fractions)Back In Time (to the Old West): Escape Room (addition/subtraction within 100)Our Earth (graphing and data interpretation)Run a Pet-Sitting Business (addition, subtraction, time, money, and more)You're a Superhero (numbe
2nd - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math
4th Grade Math Project Plan a Dream Vacation Multiplication and Division Review
This multiplication and division review is a perfect math project for engaging 4th grade gifted and talented students. Early finishers in 4th grade get to plan a dream vacation while diving deeper into multiplication and division review problems. Students will enjoy designing a vacation resort in this project-based learning math activity. In this challenge, students will design a vacation resort, think mathematically, and create an advertisement to showcase their work. If your class enjoys this
4th - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.NBT.B.4
, 4.NBT.B.5
, 4.NBT.B.6
+5
Valentine Heart Addition Craft | Valentine's Day Kindergarten & 1st Math Craft
Do your students enjoy crafts? Mine do! Engage your kindergarten students with this fun and simple Valentine's Day academic craft in the month of February. This craft is easy to prep, has a fun holiday-theme and is perfect for your kindergarteners & 1st graders to strengthen their fine motor while practicing and reviewing basic math skills. This Valentine's Day craft provides your students with an opportunity to practice addition to 10.What’s included: ✏️1 Fine-Motor Addition Craft (peek at
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math
The Project-Based Math Library | 4th Grade Math Project-Based Learning
This is a library of 11 project-based math resources for 4th grade. Each project-based math unit covers a specific math standard which makes these units perfect for standards-based math instruction. Each unit is a 5-day project-based math resource that applies math concepts in a real-world scenario. In each 5-day unit is engaging and authentic and includes student voice and choice. Students are engaged in making decisions for their projects which increases student buy-in and interest in the pr
4th
Basic Operations, Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
4.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.A.3
+35
The Project-Based Math Library | 3rd Grade Math Project-Based Learning
This is a library of 11 project-based math resources for 3rd grade. Each project-based math unit covers a specific math standard which makes these units perfect for standards-based math instruction. Each unit is a 5-day project-based math resource that applies math concepts in a real-world scenario. In each 5-day unit is engaging and authentic and includes student voice and choice. Students are engaged in making decisions for their projects which increases student buy-in and interest in the pr
3rd
Basic Operations, Math, Math Test Prep
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 3.MD.A.2
, 3.MD.B.3
+41
Butterfly Subtraction Spring Math Craft
This butterfly subtraction craftivity is the perfect way to practice whether you are subtracting to 5 or subtracting to 10 this spring! Move the butterflies in & out of the net and record the subtraction story by filling in the missing numbers and writing a subtraction sentence. It is easy to differentiate by deciding the number of butterflies your students should "catch"! IDEAS: -Use two dice to determine the number of butterflies to "catch." Add the two numbers together. Roll one dice to det
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math
Also included in: Spring Subtraction Math Crafts Bundle
Apple Craft, Scarecrow Craft, & Fall Craft Projects Kindergarten, Bulletin Board
Fall Craft Project Bundle for Kindergarten, Preschool, or First Grade!The cutest, easiest way to create meaningful fall bulletin boards and keepsakes—without the prep overwhelm! Fall is packed with routines, assessments, and holidays—but you still want to do something fun and festive that makes your students feel proud and your classroom look amazing. This Fall Craft Project Bundle gives you everything you need to make beautiful, low-prep displays that celebrate the season with hands-on learni
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Visual Arts, Writing
2-D and 3-D Shapes STEM Task Cards
These Common Core Math Task Cards are very low prep! The only supplies needed are the task cards, toothpicks and playdough! Task cards are perfect for early finishers and math stations. Use them in small groups, individually or with the entire class. This Resource Includes: • Twelve 2-D Shapes Task Cards • 2-D Shapes Worksheet • Eight 3-D Shapes Task Cards • 3-D Shapes Worksheet. This Resource Covers: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.2 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.4 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.5 CCSS.MATH.CO
K - 2nd
Basic Operations, Geometry, Math
CCSS
K.G.A.2
, K.G.A.3
, K.G.B.4
+5
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About elementary math basic operations projects resources
On TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers), educators can explore a wide range of mathematics resources that focus on basic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. These materials help students practice foundational skills through engaging activities, worksheets, and digital exercises, making math learning interactive and accessible. Resources are designed for grades 2 through 6 and often include hands-on projects, puzzles, and real-world scenarios to enhance conceptual understanding. By browsing these collections, teachers can find ready-to-use lesson plans that support differentiated instruction and reinforce essential arithmetic skills.
This page features a selection of entry-level math projects and resources that demonstrate practical application of basic operations. Each resource provides structured lessons, printable worksheets, class activities, and collaborative exercises tailored for classroom and remote learning. These tools help students connect mathematical concepts to everyday problems, build fluency, and develop critical thinking. Educators can save preparation time while providing meaningful, high-impact learning experiences.
Discover a curated collection of elementary math projects and materials on TPT that make learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fun and educational. Each resource is created by experienced teachers, ensuring quality content aligned with curriculum standards. Browse this page for versatile tools that reinforce arithmetic fundamentals through interactive, real-world projects.
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