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Calculating Discounts Card Game, Percents and Sales
Compete for the lowest grocery bill while practicing math skills! Discount Detective is a fun way for students to calculate discounts using a real world application. Each round, players draw discount cards and work to match them with items in the grocery flyer, calculating discounted costs along the way. There is also opportunity for a solo game. Great to use as an early finisher, full period game, Fun Friday, tutoring, homeschooling, summer school, or summer math prep. File includes: Game i
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Decimals, Financial Literacy
CCSS
6.NS.B.3
, 7.NS.A.1d
, 7.NS.A.2
+4
Project Based Learning: Volume and Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This cooperative project involves applying many math and language skills to a real life situation. Teams are tasked with planning an aquatic center. Specifications include rectangular and circular pools which allow students to practice older skills such as perimeter, area, and volume of rectangles and prisms, as well as newer skills such as circumference, area, and volume of circles and cylinders. Measurement conversions are integrated, as well as writing and presentation skills. A final po
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Geometry, Measurement
CCSS
7.G.B.4
, 8.G.C.9
Percents Practice: Sale Activity
This Activity is made to help your students practice with using percentages in the real would. It includes a story to keep them engaged and allows them to make fun choices. The instructions for the activity are as follows, "You have been given 220 dollars to spend on whatever you want at a local store that is going out of business. Calculate how much each item will cost you (including tax) as you go and decide what you are going to buy. You can buy multiples of one thing!" For each item student
5th - 7th
Applied Math, Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.3
, 6.RP.A.3c
, MP1
Random Sampling of Populations, Use Data Make Inferences, Statistics 7th Grade
Students use data and statistics to gain an understanding about a population and make inferences about the population. Project Based Learning, Performance Task for Grade 7. With this activity, students will Collect and record dataAnalyze the dataMake inferences about a population from the dataMake comparisons with dataConnect the data to the real-worldDifferentiated OptionsStruggling students: Sentence starters & reduced questionsAdvanced students: Enrichment activity and connection to addit
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
6.SP.A.1
, 6.SP.B.5
, 6.SP.B.5a
+5
Grade 6 Percent of a Quantity Worksheet | PRINT | Cafe Pi
Looking for an engaging way to teach percent of a quantity and percent discounts in 6th grade math? In this real-world Café π activity, students calculate discount amounts, sale prices, and original prices while helping customers choose the best deals on Discount Day. This no-prep worksheet reinforces percent as a rate per 100 and builds strong ratio and rate reasoning skills aligned to 6.RP.A.3. ✅ WHAT'S INCLUDED✔ 2-page student worksheet ✔ Complete answer key ✔ Print-ready PDF 🎯 LEARNI
5th - 7th
Applied Math, Fractions, Numbers
CCSS
6.RP.A.3
, 6.RP.A.3c
Also included in: Grade 6 Ratios Bundle | Unit Rate & Proportional Reasoning | Cafe Pi
Math Lab: Sub Hunt!
If you are looking to supplement your Math curriculum with a fun and enriching activity, Math Lab: Sub Hunt! might be just what you are looking for. Utilizing the pedagogical tool known as Game Theory, this math lab has some of the elements of the classic Milton Bradley board game Battleship...but in 3 dimensions! Sub Hunt is a two-player game with a Submarine Captain, and a Mine Layer. The Mine Layer places 5 destructive mines in a 9x9x9 cubic area. The Sub Captain then navigates the vessel s
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Applied Math, Graphing, Mental Math
CCSS
6.G.A.2
, 6.G.A.4
, 6.SP.B.4
+3
Nutrition Facts Labels Math Worksheets: Real World Percent Ratio 5th 6th 7th 8th
Reading a nutrition facts label is an important life skill that involves lots of real-world math including percents, ratios, and rates! These nutrition facts labels math worksheets incorporate middle grades math skills and nutrition information for your students in 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade to apply their math learning to a useful everyday situation!Do you want your students to learn how to identify the healthy and not-so-healthy aspects of the foods they eat? Do you want to apply the math skil
5th - 8th
Applied Math, Family Consumer Sciences, Fractions
CCSS
6.RP.A.3
, 6.RP.A.3c
, 7.RP.A.2
+4
Financial Literacy-Intro to Credit Cards End of Year Projects
This is the perfect end of year project when you need something after testing. A great intro for students into the world of financial literacy. Takes into account percent values and can be used as a short project only a few pages or full for at least a week of work.
7th - 9th
Applied Math, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
MP1
, MP3
Make Your Own Company
I came up with the idea of creating a company as a form of authentic intellectual work. Fortunately for me, my principal officially observed me during this particular lesson and told me later that he taught it was “exceptional”. I hope you can use it in your classroom so the students can use their creativity and learn math at the same time. There’s a broad range of mathematical value that can be associated to this lesson including, but not limited to:
Ordering decimals
Adding decimals
Subtractin
4th - 8th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Decimals
Leaky Faucet Activity- Proportions and Unit Rates
In this hands-on activity, students will use unit rates and proportional relationships to understand an increasingly important topic - the water crisis. In the documents are ways to introduce the activity and increase student buy in. Students will set up, collect data, complete calculations, and interpret.
6th - 9th
Applied Math, Environment, Measurement
The Chocolate Shop: Project Based Learning
Engage your students in a fun relevant project creating and managing a chocolate shop. A variety of skills are used in this project including basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Fractions, percents, and measurement conversions are also used. Students engage in language arts skills as well such as reading direcitons, writing, and creative art. Use this project over the course of a week, individually, partners, or cooperative groups; the possibilities
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Measurement
Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Theoretical & Experimental Probability Hands-On Math Worksheets 6th 7th 8th
Here's a ready-to-go two-page math probability worksheet for your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade probability or percentage unit! Students perform a simple, hands-on probability experiment and record both the theoretical probability and the experimental probability of events in fractions and percents. By converting fractions to percentages, students learn an easy way to compare different probabilities. How to Use:All you need are paper bags for each group filled with red, yellow, blue and green it
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Fractions, Statistics
CCSS
7.SP.C.5
, 7.SP.C.6
, 7.SP.C.7a
+2
REAL LIFE READY: Financial Literacy Math Simulation Project Budgeting & Careers
⭐ REAL LIFE READY: Financial Literacy Simulation Project | Budgeting, Careers, Money Management & Personal Finance | Grades 5–8REAL LIFE READY is a comprehensive financial literacy simulation project that allows students to experience the financial decisions adults make every day. Students don't just learn about money—they choose a career, calculate taxes, build a realistic budget, manage monthly expenses, respond to unexpected events, and discover how every financial decision impacts their fut
5th - 8th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Money Math
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.B.3
, 7.EE.B.4
+5
Real-World Quadratic Project | Algebra 1 & STEM Desmos Activity with Sports Data
Knock it out of the park with this real-world quadratic project that blends sports, math, and modeling! It also makes for an engaging and visually impressive student work display. In this Algebra 1 or Algebra 2 performance task, students model the flight paths of baseballs hit by MLB stars Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, and Rafael Devers at Fenway Park. Their mission? Use quadratic equations and Desmos to decide who wins a home run derby! This engaging math and sports STEM project includes:
8th - 11th
Algebra, Algebra 2, Applied Math
CCSS
HSA-SSE.A.1
, HSA-SSE.B.3
, HSA-SSE.B.3a
+7
Going to the Championship Football Game Project Based Learning
Championship Game Math & ELA Project | Real-World Budgeting, Problem Solving & Writing ActivityEngage your students in an exciting, real-world learning experience with this Championship Game Project! (Please note: “Super Bowl” is a trademarked term and not authorized for use in commercial products. This resource intentionally uses the term Championship Game.)✨ Updated for the 2026 Championship Game in Santa Clara, California ✨ In this cross-curricular math and language arts project, student
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Creative Writing
Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Grocery Shopping Price Comparison Financial Literacy Spot a Deal 5th 6th 7th 8th
This real world math and financial literacy price comparison worksheet for students in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade will help show your class how the math skills they have been learning will come in handy in their everyday lives when shopping at the grocery store, spotting deals, and sticking to a food budget. This lesson has eight grocery store scenarios for your students to evaluate and find the best deal. They need to use the following skills: Unit Price: What is the cost of one if it's
5th - 8th
Applied Math, Family Consumer Sciences, Financial Literacy
CCSS
5.NBT.A.4
, 5.NBT.B.7
, 6.RP.A.2
+6
End of Year Math Project Middle School | Summer Business Simulation PBL
Keep your middle school students engaged and learning with this fun, real-world Ice Cream Cart Business Simulation! Looking for a rigorous but highly engaging math project for the end of the year or summer school? In this 100% NO-PREP Project-Based Learning (PBL) activity, students become entrepreneurs! They will manage their own summer ice cream cart, forcing them to apply critical math skills to real-world business scenarios like budgeting, pricing, and calculating profit. 📦 WHAT IS INCLUDED
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Decimals
Elapsed Time Math Project: Duration of Time Worksheets 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
When teaching elementary students about elapsed time, make it personal and fun! This easy-to-use math project lets students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade learn about measuring the duration of time (time intervals) as they plan their perfect day. Students learn what elapsed time is and practice calculating it with a schedule of a teacher’s perfect day (don't worry, I included a $ store run AND a nap!). Then they create their own perfect 15-hour day, and they calculate the elapsed time of
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Measurement, Telling Time
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
, MP4
Tier Two: Project-Based Real-World Applications Curriculum Bundle
📘 Project-Based Real-World Applications Curriculum BundleTier Two: Applied Systems & Everyday Learning CollectionReal life. Real skills. Real thinking.⸻ Instructional Style🧪 EXPERIMENT 🎭 PLAY 🗣️ DISCUSS ✍️ REFLECT 🧠 SYSTEMS 🧩 PROBLEM-SOLVE 🎨 APPLY 🔗 INTERDISCIPLINARY ⸻ Badges🏗️ YEAR-LONG SYSTEM 🔄 START ANYWHERE 🧠 LOW-PREP 🌀 SPIRAL-ALIGNED 🧩 FLEXIBLE PACING 🌱 LOW-FLOOR / HIGH-CEILING 📚 TEACHER-TESTED ⸻ Age Band📐 LOWER ELEMENTARY (select units) 🧩 UPPER ELEMENTARY 🧠 MIDDLE SCHOOL
K - 12th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Measurement
Math Detectives: Find the Mistake Investigations (Split G5/6 Bundle - Ontario)
Bundle Savings! All Strands!Turn your math classroom into a detective agency. Math Detectives is an engaging error analysis resource where students investigate a completed solution, identify the mistake, and solve the problem correctly. Instead of simply answering questions, students analyze mathematical thinking, explain misconceptions, and justify their reasoning. Each investigation follows a three-step detective process: Examine the Evidence and Find the Mistake Students study a completed st
5th - 6th
Applied Math
Math Detectives: Find the Mistake Investigations (Split G7/8 Bundle - Ontario)
Bundle Savings! All Strands!Turn your math classroom into a detective agency. Math Detectives is an engaging error analysis resource where students investigate a completed solution, identify the mistake, and solve the problem correctly. Instead of simply answering questions, students analyze mathematical thinking, explain misconceptions, and justify their reasoning. Each investigation follows a three-step detective process: Examine the Evidence and Find the Mistake Students study a completed st
7th - 8th
Applied Math
Math Detectives: Find the Mistake Investigations (Split G6/7 Bundle - Ontario)
Bundle Savings! All Strands!Turn your math classroom into a detective agency. Math Detectives is an engaging error analysis resource where students investigate a completed solution, identify the mistake, and solve the problem correctly. Instead of simply answering questions, students analyze mathematical thinking, explain misconceptions, and justify their reasoning. Each investigation follows a three-step detective process: Examine the Evidence and Find the Mistake Students study a completed st
6th - 7th
Applied Math
Savings Goals: Ratios, Graphing, Financial Literacy Real World Math 6th 7th 8th
Teach your middle school students in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade about saving up for large purchases while helping them practice a variety of math skills: ratio tables, graphing, operations with large numbers, percentages, and more! This financial literacy and budgeting lesson has 6 ready-to-print worksheets to teach your students how to create savings goals and save money for big-ticket items. How to Use:Go through the information on page one and give students time to fill in the vocabulary defin
6th - 8th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Graphing
CCSS
5.NBT.B.5
, 6.EE.C.9
, 6.RP.A.3
+2
5 Project Based Learning Assignments for Middle School Math
Project-Based Learning Bundle: 5 Ready-to-Use Middle School Math ProjectsEngage your Grade 8–9 students with hands-on, real-world math activities! This bundle includes five complete PBL assignments, each with a student-friendly outline and a teacher rubric for fast, consistent grading. Perfect for end-of-year review, cross-curricular units, or differentiation stations. Projects Included1. Banking & Budgeting Simulation Choose a future career, research salary and lifestyle goals Build a balanced
8th - 9th
Applied Math, Financial Literacy, Other (Math)
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