These are great tools to get the students using and thinking about large numbers. In the beginning of the year, I have my students "go shopping" in one of the aforementioned magazines. Given a budget of $5,000,000, the students must purchase three houses, with at least one priced over $1,000,000. (since we are in Southern California, that isn't a problem in the least)
Then, the students have to input the checks into their check register. They must add up the checks to see how much they spent in total, as well as subtract the house prices from the original $5mil. Subtraction across zeros at its finest ;)
Now, due to the rise of more online ways of purchasing houses, the magazines that used to be readily available are not. So I had to make my own. So I took all of what I used to do with them, added some lesson plans for you, updated the templates, and now have it available for you here.
OMG! LOVE this!!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found it useful Sarah! Feel free to adapt to your needs (I originally used this idea in 4th grade, so it should fit perfectly!)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this! We just sold my dad's house and my daughter loves looking at million dollar houses for sale so this is PERFECT for her!!!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Hope you'll post it at Math Monday's blog hop!
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Cindy @ love2learn2day
Wonderful hands on project, so original--and cheap to implement. LOL! Love the work sample that we can post in the hallway. Thank you very much. Please repost the link for the check register. Clicking on the photo shows an error message, clicking on the link below the pic, opens the pdf for the check template. TYSM again.
ReplyDeletei just stumbled across your blog from interest searching for adding large numbers. I teach a split class and this is a great activity I can use and alter for both grades! thank you for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. We live in rainy Scotland so no million pound houses here and definitely no pool :-(
ReplyDeletefantastic project!! thanks for sharing!! =)
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Thank you! You are so very welcome!
DeleteInvaluable article ! I Appreciate the insight - Does someone know if my business would be able to find a blank FLCS Check Register Template example to fill in ?
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Wonderful hands on project - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete(I originally used this idea in 4th grade, so it should fit perfectly!)
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