Math Project decimals percents graphing business simulation
Real-World Math Project Not Your Lemonade Stand goes beyond the lemonade stand project and applies students' knowledge of percentages, decimals, graphing, and more. This is project-based learning at its best.
Included in this resource:
Student pages for 4 different businesses: bookstore, ice cream parlor, produce market, and bakery
Teacher's guide for all parts of the simulation
Simulation scenario and events for 4-part project
In this student-tested and approved real-world math project/simulation, students select one of 4 businesses. Over a 4-part simulation, the students must react to different real-world scenarios that affect costs and prices. Students develop skills in money concepts, percents, and decimals. Students are decision makers, analysts, and of course, mathematicians. They develop their skills in graphing, financial literacy, and more. This is a great project for middle school classrooms.
You can read how the simulation was developed and used on my blog.
Skills Include:
- Students will perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to the hundredths (5.NBT.B.5)
- Students will compute fluently with multi-digit numbers (6.NS.B.)
- Students will represent and interpret data (MD.B.)
- Students will graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems (5.G.A.)
- Students will represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables (6.EE.C.)
- Students will solve real-life problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations (7.EE.B)
- Students will make sense of problems and persevere in solving them (MP1)
Real-World Math Project Not Your Lemonade Stand goes beyond the lemonade stand project and applies students' knowledge of percentages, decimals, graphing, and more. This is project-based learning at its best.
Included in this resource:
Student pages for 4 different businesses: bookstore, ice cream parlor, produce market, and bakery
Teacher's guide for all parts of the simulation
Simulation scenario and events for 4-part project
In this student-tested and approved real-world math project/simulation, students select one of 4 businesses. Over a 4-part simulation, the students must react to different real-world scenarios that affect costs and prices. Students develop skills in money concepts, percents, and decimals. Students are decision makers, analysts, and of course, mathematicians. They develop their skills in graphing, financial literacy, and more. This is a great project for middle school classrooms.
You can read how the simulation was developed and used on my blog.
Skills Include:
- Students will perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to the hundredths (5.NBT.B.5)
- Students will compute fluently with multi-digit numbers (6.NS.B.)
- Students will represent and interpret data (MD.B.)
- Students will graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems (5.G.A.)
- Students will represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables (6.EE.C.)
- Students will solve real-life problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations (7.EE.B)
- Students will make sense of problems and persevere in solving them (MP1)
Real-World Math Project Not Your Lemonade Stand goes beyond the lemonade stand project and applies students' knowledge of percentages, decimals, graphing, and more. This is project-based learning at its best.
Included in this resource:
Student pages for 4 different businesses: bookstore, ice cream parlor, produce market, and bakery
Teacher's guide for all parts of the simulation
Simulation scenario and events for 4-part project
In this student-tested and approved real-world math project/simulation, students select one of 4 businesses. Over a 4-part simulation, the students must react to different real-world scenarios that affect costs and prices. Students develop skills in money concepts, percents, and decimals. Students are decision makers, analysts, and of course, mathematicians. They develop their skills in graphing, financial literacy, and more. This is a great project for middle school classrooms.
You can read how the simulation was developed and used on my blog.
Skills Include:
- Students will perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to the hundredths (5.NBT.B.5)
- Students will compute fluently with multi-digit numbers (6.NS.B.)
- Students will represent and interpret data (MD.B.)
- Students will graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems (5.G.A.)
- Students will represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables (6.EE.C.)
- Students will solve real-life problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations (7.EE.B)
- Students will make sense of problems and persevere in solving them (MP1)
What teacher say about this business simulation:
Excellent. Extremely thorough. My students are going to have a blast with this.
I have always wanted to do a project like this in my class, but could never wrap my brain around all of the pieces. This is really well detailed and well done! Thank you, this will be used in my classroom for years!
My advanced 5th graders are having a great time working on during our morning individualized workshop time. It's allowing them to hone in some specific skills they need to work on, but they love not having to do it by just doing worksheets or book work.
My students loved it! My advanced students enjoyed creating their own business and learned a lesson about how money isn't limitless.
Great real-world application!
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