3 Tiered Activity by Deirdre Kennedy

Activity 1:

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You have $45.67 and you spend $12.34 on a book and $8.56 on a meal. How much money do you have left?

Rationale:

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This tier focuses on building a strong foundation in decimal addition and subtraction, ensuring students are comfortable with these operations before moving on to more complex tasks.

Task

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Activity Description: Students will participate in a simulated shopping activity where they must calculate the total cost of items they wish to purchase and determine if they can stay within a given budget. This activity requires students to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.

Example Problem:

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You have a budget of $100. You want to buy 3 items: a shirt for $25.75, a pair of shoes for $34.50, and a hat for $15.25. Calculate the total cost and determine if you can buy all three items within your budget. If not, which items will you choose, and how much change will you get?

Rationale

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This task bridges the gap between basic operations and more complex applications, helping students understand how to use decimal operations in practical scenarios. It encourages decision-making based on mathematical calculations.

Task

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Activity Description: Students will design a small business plan for a lemonade stand. They will be given a starting budget and will need to calculate the cost of supplies, set prices for their products, and determine their profit or loss after selling a certain number of items.

Activity

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Create a budget for a lemonade stand. You have $50 for initial supplies. You buy lemons for $12.45, sugar for $8.75, cups for $5.90, and other supplies for $10. Calculate your total expenses. If you sell each cup of lemonade for $1.25 and sell 100 cups, what is your profit?

Rationale

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Review the work of your peers and provide constructive feedback. This will help you develop your analytical skills and learn from the work of others.

Task:

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Students will solve a set of word problems involving the addition and subtraction of multi-digit decimals.

Student work

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Student Work

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Poll

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How can we use mathematical operations to solve real-world problems involving decimals?

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Worksheet

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Try your best to fill each section and submit in student work when done.

Student work Finished

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Worksheet

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Money management- please fill out and add in student work when finished.

Complete business plan

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Be creative, have fun, include your work.