Homeschool Applied Math Games

This is a real-life lesson that encourages students to evaluate taxable income based on one's income and the marginal tax bracket. Kids will love this and have a great time discussing the occupations and how much each is taxed. This lesson does not go as far as to discuss personal deductions and standard deductions, which would lower your taxable income. That is for another day. This is a simple introduction to how Federal taxes are collected.

Focuses on taxable Income, understanding taxes, calculating taxes

Easel Activity Included

OBJECTIVE

• The learner will be able to calculate taxable income based on tax brackets based on percentages.
• The learner will understand the purpose of taxation and the difference between state and federal tax.

MATERIALS

• Occupation Game Cards (1 set of 24 per group) and
• Chart (1 per student)
• Game Instructions

PREPARATION

o Set up the classroom desks or tables so that students are sitting in groups of two or three.

INTRODUCTION: (20 minutes)

Ask students:

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GAME INSTRUCTIONS

Divide students into groups of two or three. Each group will receive a set of Occupation Game Cards. It is suggested that you laminate the cards, cut them, and place them in zip-lock bags so they can be used every year.

Students will be directed to place all cards face down. Distribute the Marginal Tax Bracket Chart.

Students within the group will take turns turning over an Occupation Game Card. Each will write the occupation, taxable income, and income tax percent using the Marginal Tax Bracket Chart provided on each student’s activity sheet (see below). Students will work together to calculate the income tax and lifetime total.

Alternative: you may have students compete against those within their team as another way to play, rather than having one group compete against the other groups in the class. Whatever works best for your students and classroom environment is the best route to take.

The goal is to reach a lifetime total of 100,000 taxable incomes to win. This will require multiple games, or to make it more challenging, raise the Lifetime taxable income goal to 150,000 or 200,000, which will make the game run longer.

Students can create charts on notebook paper for additional games.

Once they reach the lifetime goal, they win that round. Then have them play again.

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This game is available in a 5 for 3 bundle. It is a great little twist on a traditional/straight game of Rummy. There are 4 suits of increasing difficulty, with solutions that range between 1 and 13. The twist being that players have to work out the values of x, y, a and b in order to play the game.

The game is easily printed on standard card, and is quickly prepared thanks to easy-cut guides.

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Holiday-Themed Rounding to the Nearest 10 and 100 Digital Activity (includes printable worksheet)

Get your 3rd and 4th grade students into the holiday spirit with this fun, Winter-themed Google Slides activity that reviews rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and nearest 100! Perfect for reinforcing key math skills, this self-checking, interactive, no-prep resource is designed to be both engaging and festive. It's ideal for use on an interactive whiteboard, as a math game, in math centers, or for individual practice.

Key Features:

• Self-Checking: Students receive instant feedback with self-checking slides, helping them to independently assess their understanding and correct mistakes as they go.
• Interactive & Engaging: With fun Christmas/Winter-themed slides,  students will enjoy rounding numbers while celebrating the season.
• Differentiated Support: Includes a printable worksheet for students who need extra practice and reinforcement, ensuring no one is left behind.
• Versatile Usage: Perfect for use in a variety of classroom settings—whole-class lessons, small groups, math centers, or individual work.
• No Prep, Ready to Use: Simply open the slides and start teaching—everything is ready to go with no additional preparation needed.
• Holiday Fun: The festive theme adds excitement and cheer to the learning process, making rounding numbers both enjoyable and memorable.

This is a great little card game for helping players grasp the idea that angles in a triangle and on a straight line all add up to 180 degrees. By mixing these concepts together, with cards that also show two angles, it exercises the theory in a strong and varied way. A full set of rules are included in the game, and the cards are printed with easy-cut guides to make preparation fast and simple. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: Angles Worksheets UK Angles Worksheets US Angles Card Game Construction Dash Card Game If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

Rounding Numbers Math Centers-

Boost your 3rd and 4th graders' rounding skills with this engaging bundle of 3 math centers!

1. Roll and Round Dice Game: A fun, printable game where students roll dice to round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100, improving fluency and understanding.
2. Rounding Task Cards: Ready-to-use task cards for hands-on practice in rounding numbers, perfect for independent work or small groups.
3. Digital Rounding Activity for Google Slides: Interactive, digital activity to reinforce rounding concepts in a dynamic, tech-friendly format.

Geometric Snap is exactly what you think it is. A game of snap where players have to match shapes of the same type. The game is playable in 2 ways, players can math just the shape and avoid colour similarity, or you can throw colour similarity in there as well for double the fun. The game comes with a full set of easily followed rules just in case you need them, and the cards are printed with easy-cut guides to make preparation fast and simple. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: 2D Shape Dominoes 2D and 3D Shapes Clip Cards If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

This is a fantastically simple game that really reduces the effort of preparation a teacher, tutor or parent needs to put into teaching how to tell time from an analog clock face. As a card is drawn from the shuffled deck, players have to check their cards to see if they can get as close as possible to that time. The cards feature differentiated clock faces in different colours. Red whole hour cards, orange half hour cards, yellow quarter-to and quarter-past cards, green five minute denomination cards, and blue single minute denomination cards. You can include or omit whichever cards you wish for the game to work. We have included all time denominations of a 12 hour clock up to the quarter denominations. 5 minute and single minute cards feature a selection of 24 cards each. There is even a page of blank clock faces to draw your own hands if you wish. The game comes with a full set of easy to follow rules, and the cards are printed with easy-cut guides to make preparation fast and simple. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: Elapsed Time Bingo Telling the Time Flash Cards Telling the Time Matching Activity Telling the Time Clip Cards If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

This game is available in a 5 for 3 bundle. It is a simple game of match-up. 3 quadrilateral shapes are placed onto the table, and players take turns to place their properties down against them. The first to get rid of all their cards wins. The game is easily prepared thanks to easy-cut guides. A full set of rules is included and a cheat sheet just in case players get stuck. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: Properties of Quadrilaterals Flash Cards If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

This game is available in a 5 for 3 bundle. It is a great adaptation of a traditional/straight game of Rummy. The cards some in 4 suits, with answers in the range of 1 to 13. So the rules are very similar to Rummy, except that the players can decide and justify the solutions of their cards in order to play. The game is easily prepared, thanks to easy cut guides. Full rules and answer sheet is included. Download the preview now to take a closer look. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: Algebra Task Cards Algebra Rummy Card Game Algebra Substitution Bingo If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

A great end of year, seasonal game that still has educational merit. Suitable for all ages. This game is available in a 5 for 3 bundle. It is a game designed to explore probabilities, and how they change as time goes on. But can also be played just for fun as a way to develop strategic thinking. There are varied numbers of weather cards, and you use your knowledge of their probabilities to prepare yourself with items to go out in that weather. If a rain card is turned over, and you are prepared with an umbrella, well done! You keep your Item. But if a sunny card is turned over, and you have an umbrella, oh no! You lose your item. The winner is the last person to remain in the game at the very end. The game is playable in 2 different ways, independent and dependent probabilities, as defined by removing completely or returning and reshuffling the weather cards as you play. Both give great play experiences. We have already played this game with tutees, and they say it's our best game so far! Purchase it to find out why. It comes with easy-cut guides, full cheat sheets and probability tracking pages for players to keep track as cards are played and revealed. Makes for great fun, and powerful learning. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams

This pack contains FIVE different printable card games at discount. High quality, professionally designed pages of fun games.

The pack contains the following games:

• Missing Angle Wars | card game for learning angles that add to 180

• Construction Dash | quickfire card game for triangle construction

• Geometric Snap | card game for the recognition of geometric shapes

• Time Switch! | card game for skills with time sequences and sums

• Time Wars | card game for learning how to read analog clock faces

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This pack contains FIVE different printable card games at discount. High quality, professionally designed pages of learning material put together by a successful Home Tutor and professional graphic designer.

The pack contains the following games:

• Algebra Rummy | card game for the learning of basic algebra

• Quadratic Rummy | advanced card game for the learning of quadratics

• Quadrilateral Match | card game for the identification of quadrilaterals and their properties

• Operations Battle | card game to exercise knowledge of the order of operations

• Chance of Rain | card game on dependent and independent probability

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This game is available in a 5 for 3 bundle. It is a card game that helps to reinforce a knowledge of The Order of Operations. Some calculations on the cards are particularly difficult, which is why we included a full answer sheet just in case there are any queries. The card game is also easily prepared thanks to easy-cut guides, and can be combined with our Addition Battle, Subtraction Battle and Negative Integers Battle card games for a more varied gaming experience. This card game is also available in a bundle of 5 games for the price of 3. For savings, click here to see. You may also like: Order of Operations Rummy Card Game If you have any comments or suggestions, and to stay updated please follow us or take a look at our Facebook Page Please click here to visit our website for more information about LittleStreams