Unit 11: Applying the Four Operations to Solving Problems Related to Measurement and Personal Financial Literacy
Essential Questions
How do I decide which operation or operations are needed to solve problems?
How do I decide which strategy to use to calculate quickly and accurately?
How can I verify that an answer is reasonable?
How can I use numbers and symbols to represent real-life situations?
How can I use number sentences to solve problems?
How can I keep track of and manage my money?
Students will be able to…
Use known relationships to convert a given measurement unit to different size units in problem situations.
Use an input-output table to process measurement conversion problems with the relationship given in a numerical expression in problem situations.
Convert units as needed in perimeter and area problem situations.
Define income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, and property tax.
Use decimal addition and subtraction to solve multi-step problems involving balancing a budget.
Describe actions that can be taken to balance a budget when expenses exceed income.
Define income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, and property tax.
Describe the difference between gross income and net income.
Identify different methods of payments, including check, credit card, debit card, and electronic payments.
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of different payment methods.
Computational Fluency TEKS: 10 - 15 minutes every day
Spiral Review TEKS: Problem Solving every day
Unit Vocabulary Terms
balance
budget
customary
gross income
income tax
measurement
metric
net income
payroll tax
property tax
sales tax
Essential Questions
How do I decide which operation or operations are needed to solve problems?
How do I decide which strategy to use to calculate quickly and accurately?
How can I verify that an answer is reasonable?
How can I use numbers and symbols to represent real-life situations?
How can I use number sentences to solve problems?
How can I keep track of and manage my money?
Students will be able to…
Use known relationships to convert a given measurement unit to different size units in problem situations.
Use an input-output table to process measurement conversion problems with the relationship given in a numerical expression in problem situations.
Convert units as needed in perimeter and area problem situations.
Define income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, and property tax.
Use decimal addition and subtraction to solve multi-step problems involving balancing a budget.
Describe actions that can be taken to balance a budget when expenses exceed income.
Define income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, and property tax.
Describe the difference between gross income and net income.
Identify different methods of payments, including check, credit card, debit card, and electronic payments.
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of different payment methods.
Computational Fluency TEKS: 10 - 15 minutes every day
- 5.3E solve for products of decimals to the hundredths, including situations involving money, using strategies based on place-value understandings, properties of operations, and the relationship to the multiplication of whole numbers;
- 5.3G solve for quotients of decimals to the hundredths, up to four-digit dividends and two-digit whole number divisors, using strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm;
- 5.4A identify prime and composite numbers;
Spiral Review TEKS: Problem Solving every day
- 5.4H represent and solve problems related to perimeter and/or area and related to volume.
- 5.5 classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy of sets and subsets using graphic organizers based on their attributes and properties.
- 5.9C solve one- and two-step problems using data from a frequency table, dot plot, bar graph, stem-and-leaf plot, or scatterplot.
- 5.9A represent categorical data with bar graphs or frequency tables and numerical data, including data sets of measurements in fractions or decimals, with dot plots or stem-and-leaf plots;
- 5.9B represent discrete paired data on a scatterplot;
Unit Vocabulary Terms
balance
budget
customary
gross income
income tax
measurement
metric
net income
payroll tax
property tax
sales tax