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Differentiated Real World Math Projects | Open-Ended Problem Solving Tasks
This bundle brings together 7 differentiated open-ended math projects for 4th grade and 5th grade students — each one a low floor high ceiling real-world problem solving task available at two levels of challenge. This isn't a worksheet collection. It's a thinking collection. Save up to 30% compared to purchasing individually.Each project puts students in a real situation — managing a budget, planning a meal, making strategic decisions — and asks them to figure out what to do, show their work, an
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
+7
Sleepover Differentiated Math Project | Open-Ended Problem Solving | 4th 5th
This differentiated open-ended math project challenges 4th grade and 5th grade students with real-world problem solving centered around planning the perfect sleepover. Students apply money skills, elapsed time, basic multiplication, and multi-step problem solving through a low floor high ceiling task — at two levels so every learner is challenged. This isn't a worksheet. It's a thinking task.Your students are going to plan an entire sleepover — choosing movies, ordering food, managing a budget,
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Math, Money Math
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.2
+5
Fractions & Decimals Enrichment End of Year Summer Math Project PBL Plan a Party
Back to School, Summer or End of the Year Project Based Learning PBL Activity (area, perimeter, fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, unit price). Students can plan different kinds of parties: New Year’s Party, 100th Day Party, Mardi Gras Party, Carnival Party, or Birthday Party. Printable & Digital (EDITABLE). Students will plan and host a party. They have a budget to spend on renting a party room, decorations, gifts for guests, food, and attractions. Every choice matters, so they need to spend t
5th - 8th
Decimals, Fractions, Geometry
Project Based Learning - Pet Budgeting Project (Google Slides/Distance Learning)
** UPDATED PDF and Google Slides versions are available for download**This is a budgeting project I created for a Grade 3 Math Enrichment class. Students will be given an annual budget and then engage in a simulated pet adoption. Students must budget for one-time and monthly expenses for their pet, as well as use their money wisely to hire a pet sitter! The budget might be tight so students must also earn some money through chores. This is a fun and engaging way to end a Math unit on Mone
3rd - 5th
Math
3rd & 4th Grade Math Project Printable & Digital Backyard Budgeting PBL Activity
Are you looking for a fun math enrichment activity for your early finishers and high achievers? Look no further than this Design a Backyard Activity. Students will deepen their understanding of decimals, area, and perimeter. First, they will choose an item from nine different categories (ground, landscape, furniture, equipment, plants, sports, toys, and accessories). Each item comes with an individual price tag, encouraging students to make informed decisions while managing their budget wisely
3rd - 4th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
, 3.MD.C.6
+10
5th & 6th Grade Math Project Printable & Digital Backyard Budgeting PBL Activity
Are you looking for a fun math enrichment activity for your early finishers and high achievers? Look no further than this Backyard Activity. Students will deepen their understanding of decimals, area, and perimeter.First, they will choose an item from nine different categories (ground, landscape, furniture, equipment, plants, sports, toys, and accessories). Each item comes with an individual price tag, encouraging students to make informed decisions while managing their budget wisely. Students
5th - 6th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.B.3
, MP1
+4
5th & 6th Grade Math Project Printable & Digital Game Room Budgeting Activity
Are you looking for a fun math enrichment activity for your early finishers and high achievers? Look no further than this Design a Game Room Activity. Students will deepen their understanding of decimals, area, and perimeter. First, they will choose an item from nine different categories (couches, chairs, furniture, games, lights, electronics, decorations, floor, and walls). Each item comes with an individual price tag, encouraging students to make informed decisions while managing their budge
5th - 6th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.B.3
, MP1
+4
3rd & 4th Grade Math Project Printable & Digital Game Room Budgeting Activity
Are you looking for a fun math enrichment activity for your early finishers and high achievers? Look no further than this Design a Game Room Activity. Students will deepen their understanding of decimals, area, and perimeter. First, they will choose an item from nine different categories (couches, chairs, furniture, games, lights, electronics, decorations, floor, and walls). Each item comes with an individual price tag, encouraging students to make informed decisions while managing their budge
3rd - 4th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
, 3.MD.C.6
+10
3rd & 4th Grade Area & Perimeter Project - Printable & Digital Bedroom Design
Are you looking for an enrichment activity for your early finishers and high achievers? Look no further than this Design a Bedroom Activity. Students will choose an item from eight different categories (walls, floors, beds, dressers, desks, chairs, lamps, and decorations). Each item comes with an individual price tag, encouraging students to make informed decisions while managing their budget wisely. Students have a budget and will keep track of their costs as they add items. In the printabl
3rd - 4th
Math, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.5b
, 3.MD.C.6
+10
Grade 3 Two-Step Word Problems|Addition Subtraction Multiplication Print,Digital
Stop the "math anxiety" caused by cluttered worksheets. This resource uses a "Science of Math" approach to help students master multi-step word problems through explicit structure and real-world scenarios.What's Included:10 Comprehensive Worksheet Pages: 20 unique word problems (2 per page) designed with ample white space for student work.Instructional Step-by-Step Boxes: Every problem includes a "Step 1" and "Step 2" layout to scaffold the problem-solving process.20 Digital Task Cards: A pap
2nd - 4th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Numbers
CCSS
3.OA.D.8
THE MEASURE OF ME: Editable Measurement & Data Project for 1st-3rd Grades
Also available as a quick-print PDF! THE MEASURE OF ME (Google Docs editable version) is an extended, hands-on, very personal project designed to address the Measurement and Data standards of the Common Core for 2nd grade. It integrates whole and small group lessons, independent practice and partner activities with measurement skills and concepts including length, height and time,data collection and analysis skills, and fact vs. opinion concepts. Best of all, this project is personalized to e
1st - 3rd
Applied Math, Measurement, Other (Math)
CCSS
2.MD.A.1
, 2.MD.A.2
, 2.MD.A.3
+4
STEM Activity Math Rounding | Math PBL | Math Extension
This math STEM project gives students the opportunity to use the Engineering Design Process and their rounding skills! It is a highly engaging activity where the children round amounts of tokens to buy recycled materials to ultimately create an animal. This math learning opportunity is teacher friendly because it is differentiated, includes rubrics, parent letters, and printable or digital student journals to meet your needs. My students love this extension because they use their rounding know
3rd - 4th
Engineering, Place Value
CCSS, NGSS
3.NBT.A.1
, 4.NBT.A.3
, K-2-ETS1-2
+7
Also included in: STEM Math Activities Bundle | Math PBL | Math Extensions
**DOUBLE BUNDLE** Zoo-Themed GRADE 1 MATH ENRICHMENT** - Digital AND PDF Version
**Now including an embedded QR Code access to a video highlighting and reading aloud all directions in the project to help young and/or struggling readers!!****Buy 3 Get 1 FREE Pricing! **This bundle includes both the PDF printable and Digital Interactive versions of BOTH “The Zoo Trip” and “Zak the Zookeeper” for easy assigning to students either through distance OR in-person learning. PDF documents may be printed as take-home or in-classroom assignments for students. The digital interactive pr
1st - 2nd
Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing
CCSS
1.MD.C.4
, 1.NBT.B.3
, 1.NBT.C.4
+5
Math Enrichment Activities 2nd & 3rd Grade Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for 2nd or 3rd grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles.... or printing extra worksheets you already used. These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities.
2nd - 3rd
Math
Math Enrichment Activities 4th & 5th Grade Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for 4th or 5th grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles.... or printing extra worksheets you already used. These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities.
4th - 5th
Math
Math Enrichment Activities 1st Grade & K, Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for K or 1st grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles.... or printing extra worksheets you already used. These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities. Th
K - 1st
Math
Ten Times Greater Place Value 5th Grade Ten Times as Much to Millions Worksheet
These Ten Times Greater Place Value 5th Grade worksheets help students learn number sense with a fun rhyme. Read Digit’s Place to teach about number place value through the thousands, millions, and up to 1 billion. Teach students to multiply by multiples of ten with this enrichment project. Use the place value charts on the practice worksheets to help 4th and 5th-grade students deepen their number sense. After writing Digit’s Place, I created read-along pages so students can practice the math
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
3.NBT.A.1
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.3
+5
Build Your Own Clock! No-Prep Hands-On Activity for Learning to Tell Time
This no-prep hands-on activity gives students the chance to build their very own clock with working hands! The student compares their work with a real clock in the classroom to determine where to paste each number and which hand is the minutes or hour hand. Then, using a brad (and maybe a bit of help from the teacher!) they can attach their clock hands to the clock face and use this tool to begin to make their own times. My students LOVED quizzing each other with these and getting to make it the
K - 3rd
Applied Math, Telling Time
End of Year Treasure Map Math Activity Types of Angles Art Project Summer Craft
Pirate Treasure Map Mini Math Project Based Learning - Types of Angles, Drawing and Measuring Angles with a Protractor - 4th Grade Measurement Activity. This Math & Art Project (printable, digital, editable) is a perfect Pirate Day, end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity. If your students don't like geometry, be sure to check out math & art projects.Measure & Draw Angles in the spirit of mathematical adventure. You will give your class th
4th - 6th
Geometry, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.C.6
FRACTIONS Zoo End of Year Math Activity PBL Project Based Learning Summer Craft
Back to School, End of Year PBL. Printable & Digital Enrichment Project (EDITABLE) - Design your own Zoo. This is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity to practice fraction and mixed numbers operations - multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and more."Create your own Zoo" is a math project designed for students to complete independently or with a group. This download includes both a printable (PDF) and digital Google Sli
5th - 8th
Basic Operations, Fractions, Math
Problem Solving - Teaching Perseverance and Math Practices Challenge Problems
Are your 4th and 5th graders struggling to stick with challenging math problems? Do they need explicit strategies to manage productive struggle and build problem-solving confidence? Check out Problem Solving - Teaching Perseverance and Math Practices Challenge Problems, a best-selling resource designed to nurture essential mathematical thinking skills and productive struggle. This set of 24 challenge problems is carefully crafted to deeply engage students with the Standards for Mathematical Pra
4th - 5th
Other (Math)
CCSS
3.OA.D.8
, 4.OA.A.3
, 4.OA.C.5
+4
4th Grade End of Year Math Project Create Farm Activity Multi-Digit Operations
Back to School, End of Year, Enrichment Farm Project Based Learning PBL Activity. This is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity - Printable & Digital Project (EDITABLE) - Build a Farm - multi-digit addition, subtraction, and multiplication (no decimals), money management, area and perimeter calculations. This is a great extension and enrichment for end of the year or summer school activity to practice real-world math. "Create your
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Geometry, Math
Decimals Create a Farm End of Year Math Project Math Activity Enrichment Summer
Back to School, End of Year Farm Math Project Based Learning PBL. This is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity - Printable & Digital Project (EDITABLE) - Build a Farm - multi-digit addition, subtraction, and multiplication (including decimals), money management, area and perimeter calculations. This is a great extension and enrichment for end of the year or summer school activity to practice real-world math. "Create your own Farm"
5th - 8th
Arithmetic, Decimals, Math
Unit Rates Percent End of Year Math Project Create Fruit Juice Summer Enrichment
Project Based Learning PBL Unit Rate Activity. Printable & Digital Unit Price Project (EDITABLE) - Life Skills, Budget, Shopping, Money in the Real World Math. This is a perfect end of the year, back to school, math centers, summer camp, or summer school math activity to practice unit price calculation, finding percent of a number, markup calculation, comparing and rounding decimals, money management, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals.It is a math project designed for st
5th - 8th
Decimals, Math, Other (Math)
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