Lesson 15 Making Sense of Money

  • Let’s solve problems with money.

Warm-up How Many Do You See: Coins

  1. 4 quarters
  2. 6 dimes

Activity 1 Diego’s Family Trip

Diego’s family is planning a family vacation.

Plane Tickets

Gas For Car

Fast Food

Groceries

Hotel


His family must select transportation, a food option and hotel. Which travel options should his family take if they want to keep a budget of $1,000 or less?

Activity 2 Collecting Cents

Problem 1

The 3rd grade classes are collecting pennies for a local charity.  Solve each problem on your own, and then compare with your partner.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Kiran’s Class

33¢

12¢

9¢

24¢

10¢

Noah’s Class

25¢

13¢

18¢

5¢

6¢

Tyler’s Class

17¢

10¢

43¢

27¢

2¢

Mai’s Class

6¢

16¢

24¢

32¢

0¢

  1. Which class raised the most money? Explain your reasoning.

  2. How much more money does each class need to raise to reach a dollar?

Problem 2

The winning class gets to help the principal choose a prize game bundle worth $1,000 for their class.

Which 3 items would you select and why are those items the best?

Playstation

XBox

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Wii

SEGA Dreamcast

cost

Activity 3 More or Less: Money

Circle More or Less and explain your thinking.

  1. More or less than $1

    59¢ and 42¢

    1. more

    2. less

  2. More or less than $1,000

    $458 and $533

    1. more

    2. less

  3. More or less than $1,000

    $285 and $713

    1. more

    2. less