6th Grade Math Financial Literacy Project Based Learning PBL Bundle

⭐ 6TH GRADE MATH FINANCIAL LITERACY PBL BUNDLE — 3 REAL-WORLD MONEY PROJECTS | 50+ PAGES

Bring financial literacy into your 6th grade math classroom with this **50+ page Project-Based Learning bundle** featuring three connected, real-world money projects. Students track an allowance budget, run a lemonade stand, and compare cell phone plans while applying decimals, percents, equations, graphs, and inequalities to authentic financial decisions.

Designed for Grade 6 Math and Common Core alignment, this print-and-go bundle can be taught as a 10-day sequence or used as individual projects within decimals, ratios, and expressions units.

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### 💰 PROJECT 1 — ALLOWANCE TRACKER

**3 days | ~12 pages**

Students work with:

• Earnings and spending logs • 40% savings rate • Savings-growth equation: **S = 5.50w** • Graphing the savings relationship

Standards addressed include **6.NS.B.3, 6.RP.A.3c, 6.EE.B.7, and 6.EE.C.9**.

### 🍋 PROJECT 2 — LEMONADE STAND

**4 days | ~12 pages**

Students apply:

• Cost-per-cup decimal division • 150% markup • Profit-margin percents • Profit equation: **P = 0.75c − 12.00** • Break-even point • Profit-vs.-cups graph

### 📱 PROJECT 3 — FIRST PHONE PLAN

**3 days | ~12 pages**

Students:

• Write equations for three phone plans • Graph all three plans on one coordinate plane • Compare plan costs • Solve inequalities to select the best plan

The project uses the provided equations:

**C = 12 + 0.10m** **C = 18 + 0.06m** **C = 30**

### 📊 PROJECT ASSESSMENT

Each project includes a **4-criterion analytic rubric** covering:

• Mathematical Accuracy • Financial-Literacy Application • Real-World Justification • Presentation

### 👩‍🏫 TEACHER SUPPORT

• Complete answer keys with worked solutions

• Sample student exemplars

• 10-day Teacher Pacing Guide

• Mini-lessons

• Misconceptions and differentiation notes

• Vocabulary banks

• "I Can…" checklists

• Exit Tickets

• Labeled diagrams

• Reflection pages

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✓ **Real-World Math** — Students use mathematics to make authentic money decisions.

✓ **Print-and-Go** — Designed as a ready-to-use project resource.

✓ **Rigorous but Accessible** — Calculations are designed to be carried through to the cent.

✓ **Financial Literacy Habits** — Students work with saving, profit, costs, fees, and plan comparisons.

✓ **Flexible** — Run the full 10-day sequence or use the projects separately within existing units.

✓ **Multiple Classroom Uses** — Suitable for regular instruction, substitute plans, early-finisher work, or an end-of-year math project.

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Run the complete **10-day sequence** with approximately 45–60 minutes per day:

**Launch → Mini-Lesson → Work Time → Exit Ticket**

You can also split the projects across your decimals, ratios, and expressions units or use an individual project as a self-contained experience.

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**6.NS.B.3** • **6.RP.A.3c** • **6.EE.B.7** • **6.EE.B.8** • **6.EE.C.9** • **6.NS.C.8**

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• 6th grade math

• Personal financial literacy instruction

• Real-world money math

• Project-Based Learning

• Financial Literacy Month activities

• Decimals, percents, and equations units

• End-of-year math projects

• Homeschool math

• Intervention and differentiated instruction

📄 RESOURCE DETAILS

• Grade: 6th Grade Math • Format: Printable PDF • Length: 50+ pages • Project Duration: 10 days • Projects: 3 • Answer Keys: Included • Rubrics: Included

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