Students help the Rosada family start a restaurant. Over the course of the unit, they eagerly apply different problem-solving strategies, as they plan and expand the menu, determine different combinations of ingredients, analyze costs and set prices.

Grade Level: 3-6 Make learning fun while boosting basic skills with this unique book of practical application math activities. The ebook includes a colorful menu to which students must refer to figure costs when spending money at a restaurant! From hamburgers to french fries, your students will get their fill as they work through hundreds of computation and real-life word problems. Students figure food costs, tax, total restaurant checks, make change, and more!

"Real-life, fast-food menu situations to teach basic Math skills. 4 free menus! Supports NCTM standards."--Cover.

Designed to build basic math skills through the use of real-life contemporary situations.

Would you order a multi-course gourmet buffet and just eat salad? If you have a TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, you have a veritable feast of features and functions at your fingertips, but chances are you don’t take full advantage of them. This friendly guide will help you explore your TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator and use it for all it’s worth, and that’s a lot. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions plus screen shots, TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies shows you how to: Perform basic arithmetic operations Use Zoom and panning to get the best screen display Use all the functions in the Math menu, including the four submenus: MATH, NUM, CPS, and PRB Use the fantastic Finance application to decide whether to lease or get a loan and buy, calculate the best interest, and more Graph and analyze functions by tracing the graph or by creating a table of functional values, including graphing piecewise-defined and trigonometric functions Explore and evaluate functions, including how to find the value, the zeros, the point of intersection of two functions, and more Draw on a graph, including line segments, circles, and functions, write text on a graph, and do freehand drawing Work with sequences, parametric equations, and polar equations Use the Math Probability menu to evaluate permutations and combinations Enter statistical data and graph it as a scatter plot, histogram, or box plot, calculate the median and quartiles, and more Deal with matrices, including finding the inverse, transpose, and determinant and using matrices to solve a system of linear equations Once you discover all you can do with your TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator, you’ll find out how to make it do more! This guide shows you how to download and install the free TI Connect software to connect your calculator to your computer, and how to link it to other calculators and transfer files. It shows you how to help yourself to more than 40 applications you can download from the TI Web site, and most of them are free. You can choose from Advanced Finance, CellSheet, that turns your calculator into a spread sheet, NoteFolio that turns it into a word processor, Organizer that lets you schedule events, create to-do lists, save phone numbers and e-mail addresses, and more. Get this book and discover how your TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator can solve all kinds of problems for you.

Get up-to-speed on the functionality of your TI-84 Plus calculator Completely revised to cover the latest updates to the TI-84 Plus calculators, this bestselling guide will help you become the most savvy TI-84 Plus user in the classroom! Exploring the standard device, the updated device with USB plug and upgraded memory (the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition), and the upcoming color screen device, this book provides you with clear, understandable coverage of the TI-84's updated operating system. Details the new apps that are available for download to the calculator via the USB cable Walks you through menus and basic arithmetic Addresses graphing and analyzing functions as well as probability and statistics functions Explains how to use the calculator for geometry Reviews communicating with PCs and other calculators TI-84 Plus Graphic Calculator For Dummies, 2nd Edition is the perfect solution for getting comfortable with the new line of TI-84 calculators!

Jumpstart your students’ minds with daily warm-ups that get them thinking mathematically and ready for instruction. Daily Math Stretches offers practice in algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement, and data for grades 3-5 to provide an early foundation for mastering mathematical learning. Written by Guided Math author Laney Sammons and with well-known, research-based approaches, this product provides step-by-step lessons, assessment information, and a snapshot of how to facilitate these math discussions in your classroom. Digital resources are also included for teacher guidance with management tips, classroom set-up tips, and interactive whiteboard files for each stretch.