Practical Practice Math

Develop math skills and life skills at the same time with Practical Practice Math! These binders are full of reproducible worksheets and activities to help your students learn to understand and solve real-life math problems. They utilize research and evidence-based practices that have proven to be effective in a wide range of classrooms, and they support state and national math standards.  Subjects covered in the binders include: comparison shopping, coupons, quantity discounts, budgeting, tax calculations, and more. It is designed for students working at a 3-5 grade reading level with an interest level of grades 4-12.

Using real-life situations, students must decide whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve problems. Your students will learn the skills they need to order from a menu, figure the total of a bill including tips and tax, create a budget for a trip, and more. Applied Math Skills include: multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication & division, money, time, measurement, percent, decimals, and fractions.  This is a very practical consumer math curriculum that can also work as a supplement to your curriculum, resource room practice, or as supplemental homework.  

Binder 1 Contents:

• 6 Math Categories: Best Buys; Math in the Mall; Math at Home; Career Math; Money Sense; Everyday Math.

• Skills Chart

• 180 Pages of Word Problems

• Teaching Suggestions

• Answer Keys

• Resource CD: contents of entire binder in PDF format for reproduction and projection, 21 pages of “Learning Tools” reference pages, extra practice and additional activities, Common Core State Standards

Binder 2 Contents:

• 5 Math Categories:  Menu Math; Consumer Math; Family Math; Travel Math; Business Math.

• Skills Chart

• 20 Full Color Folders (4 for each math category) in order of difficulty

• 80 Pages of Word Math Problems

• 20 Pages of Comprehension Questions

• 21 Pages of “Learning Tools” Helper Pages

• Teaching Suggestions

• Answer Keys

• Resource CD: contents of entire binder in PDF format for reproduction and projection, extra practice and additional activities, extra drills practice, Common Core State Standards

Reading Grade Level: 3-5

Interest Grade Level: 4-12