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This is an activity that focuses on tipping 15% and 20% in a restaurant setting. There are two note sheets that explain how to tip both 15 and 20% with examples, as well as, a two page practice worksheet packet. It also includes a challenge question where the students are asked to tip 25%, and a challenge question that asks the students how to split a bill evenly. It lists a critical thinking question where the students are asked what other places would involve leaving a tip when they visit. Thi

This is an activity that teaches students about ratios and how to write them and read them! In this activity, the students will survey their classmates regarding their likes and interests in order to learn about a ratio and what it means. Each question has 2 choices and they must give an answer for one or the other. For example: Which type of gum do you prefer, Orbit or Stride? There are 15 questions for each student to ask each other. There are printable ratio notes, a question sheet, a recordi

This is a fun and engaging activity for your students to complete while learning about inequalities. This teaches them how this concept applies to the real world and how inequality words are used in real life! The students will learn inequality phrases such as greater than, less than, at most..just to name a few. There are 9 inequality phrases introduced. They must then write a realistic inequality story using the words presented while following the rubric. It allows them to be creative!! Includ

This is a sheet that is passed out at the beginning of each school year to my Consumer Math classes. It explains the procedures for the year in class such as: the student's "job" for the year the rent that is due for living at their "desk", cost of rent, explanation of taxes, mention of balancing checkbooks, extra duties for pay, and others.. **There is also a beginning of the year survey that can be given to assess the student's knowledge of Consumer Math **This sheet can be given multiple time

This sheet gives the students an overview of what a ratio is AND an explanation of how to write a ratio in 3 different ways! This activity gives the students a chance to survey their classmates regarding pets, siblings, and buying vs. packing lunch(just to name a few!) This activity would be a great whole class activity that the teacher could lead OR the students could interview individual students in the class to answer the questions provided on the worksheet. This activity includes 10 ratio qu

It's that time of year, tax time!! This is a lesson on paying taxes. There are questions such as when are taxes due each year and name two different ways you can pay taxes (online and through the mail). The students are given two different people who have the same paycheck, but get different taxes withheld each paycheck. The students must figure out the take-home pay of each person/family. One person is single and one person has a wife and three kids. There are also discussion questions at the

This is a daily warm-up activity that you can complete with your students in many different subject areas. It touches on calendar, weather, birthdays, phone numbers, time and elapsed time, good parts of the day, and what to look forward to after school. It always includes holidays,a weekend discussion topic and the number of days of school the students are currently on and how many are left. This can be done at the elementary level or with students with special needs. I put these in my students

This is an activity that gives students the opportunity to use a newspaper to locate real-world decimals. It give students practice in rounding decimals to tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and ten thousandths. It also involves practice in lining up decimal points to add numbers with decimals together. Since this activity involves cutting and pasting, fine motor skills are also touched upon. This activity can be used in a special needs classroom or at the elementary level. There are suggestions

This is a daily warm-up activity that can be completed at the beginning of a class for elementary students or students with special needs that need extra practice with daily living skills.. (name, address, phone number..) This sheet also touches on today, tomorrow, yesterday, number of days until the weekend and the end of the school year, the weather, and monthly holidays! This is a great daily activity that gives the students daily repeated practice! This is something that the students enjoy d

This is a FREE sheet that you can give to your students at the beginning of an Algebra unit or Algebra class. This shows what they already know and gives you the opportunity to discuss new vocabulary!