Write & Evaluate Numerical Expressions – Real Life Math Project – Grades 5-6 – PRINT

Description

Want to challenge your students and give them an engaging, real-life example of writing and calculating numerical expressions? This math project allows students to apply what they know while planning fun travel adventures for their ‘clients.’

In this differentiated project, students are working as travel agents to plan out the perfect trips for their clients. There are 3 different levels to choose from, allowing you to pick the project that best meets the needs and abilities of your students.

Once students have planned out the itinerary for their client, they write numerical expressions for each excursion or portion of the trip.

Then they evaluate each expression to calculate the various costs of the trip.

They use all the plans and costs to create a final trip plan and cost summary, ensuring the total is within the budget of their client.

Each level of this project includes 3 clients, which students then plan trips for.

This is a fun way for 5th grade students to put their knowledge to work in a way that gives them choice & real life practice.

You could even use this with 6th graders as a review of expressions & order of operations.

Plus, you can easily differentiate for students’ needs and level because there are 3 different versions of the project included.

Meet your students where they are by choosing a project level that’s right for them!

Math Skills Needed for this Project:

• Write & interpret numerical expressions
• Evaluate numerical expressions involving parentheses or brackets
• Follow order of operations to evaluate expressions
• Multiply multi-digit whole numbers

Ways to Use the Project:

If you would like to complete the project in class, students could work with partners or small groups to split up the work and discuss their choices & expressions.

However, you could also assign this as an individual project at the end of your expressions unit, to be completed at home (or in class if time allows).

This could also work as an extra credit project, early finisher challenge or end-of-year application project.

Included in the Download:

• Instructions/Tips for teachers
• 3 Leveled Projects (low, medium, & high challenge levels) with Student recording pages (3 different clients, pricing pages & trip planning & final report pages)
• 3 Grading Rubrics with assigned tasks/point values (different rubric for each level of the project)
• Blank Grading Rubric, allowing you to create your own criteria/point values

NOTE: An answer key is not included because students choose each portion of the trips they plan, so everyone’s answers will be different. There are detailed rubrics included, however, to help students know expectations and to make the projects easier for you to grade.

If you enjoy this type of project based learning, you may also enjoy this project for 5th Grade:

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