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6th grade business laboratories
How Much for Those Fries? The Math in Action Series.
Ever wonder how the price at a "Fast Food" restaurant may be determined. This activity may just answer that question for you. The application of mathematical theory has always been the "when will I ever use this Real Life" attitude from our students. I created this lesson to reinforce the theory of graphing data, calculating an equation of best fit, and formulating a conclusion. Each student will be able to see the usefulness of mathematics in a Real World setting. Common core stand
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
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Montessori-Inspired Money/Market Activity and Farmer's Market Fundraiser
This lesson should be presented in stages over a series of 2-4 weeks. I have made every effort to follow the Montessori principles and theories to make basic economic principles accessible to the Primary age group. This lesson could also be useful and easily modified to meet the needs of Lower Elementary.I begin with a complete lesson plan of a marketplace mathematics activity, which involves children learning basic methods of counting money. For example, if an apple has a $2 price tag, the chil
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Montessori-Inspired Agriculture Unit Bundle
An Excel Activity_Information and Graphing (Data Unit)
Here is a quick introduction to Excel. Students gather birth dates of classmates and use the information to learn some of Excel's basic offerings.UPDATED to Win10 Excel
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6th - 8th
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Field Trip to a Grocery Store and Bank
If you study family finances and healthy foods with your class, have you ever considered taking a field trip to a local grocery store and bank? Both need to be prearranged with the bank and grocery store.The bank is usually happy to plan an hour or two with your students. My bank breaks the kids up into groups and different department personnel discuss that aspect of the bank’s service. Very interesting! For the grocery store visit, you usually only need to tell the manager that you will be c
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4th - 6th
What is the Value of My Photo Copy Machine? The Math in Action Series
Newly revised and improved. What is depreciation? This activity involves the student with the concept of depreciation and future value of items. Topics included are slope, creating a table, graphing data, calculating a linear equation, and projecting values over a period of time. An optional internet project is suggested at the end of the activity. An answer guide is provided.
Many common core standards are covered in this activity.
Some additional activities you may wish to check o
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
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How Much for Those Fries?
Newly revised and improved. What price should I charge for an order of french fries to maximize my profit? In this activity, the student will be given a total numbe of french fries orders sold at a given price. From this data the student will be asked to analyze this information and present their findings. This lesson will reinforce the theory of graphing data, defining variables, evaluating equations and inequalities using replacement sets, and formulating a conclusion. The use of spreadsh
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
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Excel Review Project
Project to review Excel created for middle school students. Has instructions on entering data, using formulas/functions, formatting the table, creating a chart, formatting worksheet tabs, and using conditional formatting.
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6th - 9th
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