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This document outlines a project for students to create an educational board game about consumer mathematics. It provides background on consumer concepts like good vs. bad spending habits. Students will play sample games and analyze elements like gameplay and educational value. Working in teams over multiple class periods, they will design an original game with a board, rules, and 24 math questions in categories like comparing deals, calculating percentages, and unit conversions. On the final day, teams will present their completed games for assessment based on several criteria including educational content, collaboration, and overall presentation.

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Consumer Mathematics Powerpoint

This document outlines a project for students to create an educational board game about consumer mathematics. It provides background on consumer concepts like good vs. bad spending habits. Students will play sample games and analyze elements like gameplay and educational value. Working in teams over multiple class periods, they will design an original game with a board, rules, and 24 math questions in categories like comparing deals, calculating percentages, and unit conversions. On the final day, teams will present their completed games for assessment based on several criteria including educational content, collaboration, and overall presentation.

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Consumer Mathematics

A Ratios and Proportions


Project based on the ProjectBased Learning Framework.

DAY ONE

What is a consumer?
A person who purchases goods and
services for personal use.

What are the characteristics of a


good consumer?

What are the characteristics of a


bad consumer?

Article on Children as
Consumers.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/
865557777/Teaching-kids-to-be-smart
-consumers.html?pg=all

How could we teach kids your age to


be smarter consumers?

What are some consumer Math


concepts?

Which store has the better deal?


Which amount is the better buy?
Find the sale price.
Find the original price.
How much of a tip should you leave?
Unit conversions.

Driving Question
Can you create and construct a
board game that teaches kids your
age to be smarter consumers?

Which store has the better deal?

$8
0

What would be a
better deal? Taking
$30 off, or taking
40% off?

Which amount is the better buy?

A 4-pound bag of
Skittles for $10.50
A 5-pound bag for
$12.75

Find the original price.

Brooklyn paid $25


for a tutu that was
60% off. What was
the original price?
60% off means she
paid 40% of it.

Find the sale price.


Cooper wants to buy
a pair of basketball
shoes that are
originally $135.
Morgan Shoe
Company is having a
40% off sale. How
much will Cooper
have to pay if he
buys his shoes
there?

How much of a tip should you leave?

Tristan took his


father out to lunch.
The lunch cost $26
dollars. Tristan
wants to leave a
15% tips. How
much should he
leave?

Unit conversions.

A gallon of milk
costs $4.80. What
is the price per
cup?

Lets talk about board


games
What are some of your favorites and
why?

Characteristics of good board


games?

Lets play some board


games.
While youre playing them I want you
to take some notes on some positive
characteristics and some parts that
can be room for improvement of the
game.

What were some good/fun


characteristics of the game?

What were some negative


characteristics of the games?

Remember are driving


question?
Can you create and construct a
board game that teaches kids your
age to be smarter consumers?

In your teams, briefly discuss some


initial thoughts and ideas.

Before were done, lets look at how


you will be assessed

How you are Assessed

Board Game Rubric : 25 points


Collaboration as a Team: 25 points
Presentation: 50 points
Total: 100 Points

DAYS 2 AND 3

Driving Question
Can you create and construct a
board game that teaches kids your
age to be smarter consumers?

Youll have 2-class periods


to ..
Decide on a basic framework and
Rules for your game.
What materials youll need to
construct your game?
A detailed sketch of the game board.

Fill out Management Team


Tasks

Day 4, 5, and 6

Youll have 3-class periods


to
Generate at LEAST 24 Consumer Math
questions WITH AN ANSWER KEY.
You must generate 3 of each type of
question:
Which store has the better deal?
Which amount is the better buy?
Find the sale price.
Find the original price.
How much of a tip should you leave?
Unit conversions.

Fill out Management Team


Tasks

DAY 7 AND 8

Construction
Using materials
you brought in,
your detailed
sketch, your
agreed upon rules
and your
generated
questions construct
your board game.

Fill out Management Team


Tasks

DAY 9: PRESENTATIONS

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