Financial Literacy Word Problems for Math Problem Solving or Math Journals

Understanding personal financial literacy can be challenging for students. With the new financial literacy TEKS, your students will need opportunities to practice and understand key aspects of budgeting, saving & interest, and credit. While financial literacy worksheets can be a great place to start the practice, this Problem of the Day problem solving journal is designed to promote critical thinking and multi-step problem solving around the essential financial literacy standards.

There are 16 financial literacy word problems in this pack. Each problem is provided in three formats to allow for personalized implementation. A full-page prompt is provided for display and discussion. This version includes a photograph to engage learners. This is available as a display in a slideshow as well.

A small and large version of each prompt are included. These are designed to be glued into interactive math notebooks.

There are also templates provided to help students break down problems using 4-step problem solving strategy designed to help students attack word problems more effectively.

Product Contents:

•16 multi-step savings, income, & interest word problems in 3 sizes.

•3 problem solving templates - with 2 formats for each prompt

•Slideshow version of all prompts for digital display

•Teacher Guide for suggested use & lesson structure

•Answer keys

Get these personal financial literacy problem solving prompts for only $3 when you purchase them as part of the Math Problem Solving Journal Prompt BUNDLE

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© 2015 The Third Wheel. All rights reserved by author. These materials are intended for personal use by a single classroom only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. For use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip art and font credits.

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