Homeschool Basic Operations Projects (by date, oldest first)
Decimal Multiplication Math - Cotton Candy Stand - Project Based Learning
By E•Fish•ient Teaching
Are you looking for a fun way to practice multiplication, subtraction, and addition with decimals? Then look no further! This is an engaging activity for all students. This is a fun math project to practice multiplication with decimals. Students will get to put their math skills into practice in a real life situation. They will create a mock cotton candy stand where they will have to be in charge of buying their product, figuring out how much each customer owes, and how much they will profit. This activity lets each student set up their own cotton candy stand, so all their answers may differ. At the end of the activity students will determine if their cotton candy stand was successful, whether they made a big enough profit to do it again.
This activity has students practice multiplying, dividing, and subtracting numbers with decimals.
What's included:
- A letter to the teacher explaining the task.
- A letter to the students (business owner) explaining their task.
- A page for students to create their own sign for their shop.
- The product page, where students will pick what products they will buy.
- Hourly sales page (There are two options) One will break it down for each step and there is another page that is more challenging for your higher math students to stretch their thinking and not lay out each step explicitly.
- A total sales sheet with reflection questions.
- A social media post for students to create.
The best part? Students have autonomy over their own cotton candy stand. Let them have the reins of their learning. It allows for math practice and a little creativity.
Get creative in the classroom and have your students apply real world math. Show them where they might use multiplication, addition, and subtraction of decimals. Get rid of the boring old math worksheets and let your students create their own little business.
What other teachers are saying:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Anaida W. says, "Fantastic math project! Engaging and full of great questions for students. Thanks."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐Just Another Smith says, "Oh my! I love this activity! It was perfect for basic arithmetic reinforcement for my students. I loved that the activity has a mix of fixed tasks but also some open ended elements so that the students had some choice and creativity. I really enjoy giving my students real-world tasks and felt like this was right at their level. The instructions were clear and there were also some choices for me with built in differentiation."
These are ready to use, just print them out and get started. This could be a great lesson to leave for a substitute as it is no prep!
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A 10-day Real-Life Math Fun Task, Pythagoras, Ratio, %, Geometrical solving etc
By Daniel
This project combines 10 mathematical concepts into a hands-on project - building a 3-D strawberry box. The project involves the math of carpentry, dietetics, sales, and data analysis. The math topics involved include:
- The Theorem of Pythagoras
- Geometrical Problem Solving
- Elementary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with lengths, money etc.
- Volume of prisms
- Ratio, Proportion, Percents, Fractions
- Internet research for appropriate formulas
- Mathematics by trial and error
- Mathematics should be practical whenever it is at all possible.
Included is a link to a Google Sheet where students can ...
- experience how to "code" how to buy the right amount of wood at the cheapest price.
- make some selections of different lengths of wood to get the best price.
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Real-Life Math Fun Data, Statistics Collection Activity- make Real-Life Choices!
By Daniel
This classroom tried and tested data and statistics activity helps students to see the benefit of gathering their own quantitative and qualitative data to make real-life choices. We have all wondered - which water container should I buy? Are the expensive water containers really that much better? Students compare 4 water containers quantitatively for how effectively they keep water warm and cold. They also compare them qualitatively, looking at price, durability, design and other subjective measures.
This resource works great as ...
- a task
- a class project (it takes roughly a week)
- distance learning
- math centers
- constructive group work when introducing the topic of data and statistics.
And, Now with the Olympic Games just gone by, you must get these other activities for Data and Stats as well!
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35 Real-Life Math Applications for Algebra 1 Algebra 2 Pre-Calculus, tasks, keys
By Daniel
No better exercise for children to do to cement all the Math they have learnt thus far.
So make sure you take advantage of this incredible resource, as it could keep them busy for quite a while!
These tasks, (with complete keys) help teachers and their students see in a powerful way where and how the math they do gets applied in real life. A sample of the 35 products include:
- Division, prime numbers and Encryption
- Trig and building a lean-to roof.
- Geometric Sequences and Financial investments
- Slope and building the right stairs for old people.
- Statistics and making informed consumer choices.
- Line of best fit and predicting Track world records.
- Logs, Ln, e and Financial investments
- Linear Equations and Optimization (Linear Programming)
- Exponents and Encryption
- Pythagoras and design and gardening
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Create a Board Game Activity for End of Unit Project Based Learning Review Games
By Kyla McHenry
Learners will unleash their creativity with our Design Your Own Board Game learning resource. This resource is the perfect tool for encouraging creativity, actively engaging learners, or wrapping up a unit with a fun project. This resource provides step by step guidance over 10 days of learning to help research, brainstorm, outline, and design your very own board game.
This resource includes:
- 2 Game Research Tools
- 3 Game Brainstorming Tools
- 6 Game Design Tools
- Over 15 Game Design Templates
When and how to use it:
- Small group work
- Individual Learning
- One on One guided lessons
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