In this real-world math challenge, students use percent skills to shop smart at a tech store. They apply discounts, markups, and sales tax to build a tech bundle within a $150 budget, developing proportional reasoning and financial literacy.

In this hands-on activity, students use equivalent ratios to scale down real-world park dimensions and see their design come to life in an automatically generated graph. As they convert measurements, complete ratio tables, and analyze the final layout, they build fluency in proportional reasoning and visual interpretation.

In this real-world math challenge, students use ratio and unit rate skills to plan a 1,250-mile road trip. They analyze past vehicle data, calculate miles per gallon, total costs, and compare options to choose the most cost-effective car.

Students act as the CEO of a company, to find the cheapest country to purchase the raw materials, students will do unit conversion between different currencies.

In this real-world math activity, students apply their understanding of ratios and fractions to convert Grandma’s recipe from kitchen units to standard grocery store units. Using a conversion chart and price list, they calculate the quantity and cost of each ingredient, determine the total expense for 25 cookies, and find the cost of one cookie.

Students compare three different phone plans by writing algebraic expressions to model their monthly cost. They evaluate these expressions for different data usage amounts and determine at what point one plan becomes more economical than the others.

Students compare three streaming services by writing and evaluating algebraic expressions that model total subscription costs over time. They determine which plan is most cost-effective and justify their choice using math.