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Real Math Using Book Order Forms

Materials: old book order forms, calculators (for checking)

Description: Don't throw away all of those extra copies of Troll, Scholastic, and Lucky Book Order forms! They make great springboards for math lessons.

Procedure:
1. Make a list of questions for students to answer. (*If I order 2 Goosebumps books, how much will it cost? *If I order the Clifford book, the dog poster, and the Garfield book, how much will I spend? *If your mom gives you $10.00 and you order the Babysitters Club book pack, how much change will you get back?)
2. Give students a $20.00 spending limit and ask them to fill in their "dream order". Students should correctly fill out the order form and correctly add the total. Students can swap with a partner and check each other's order with a calculator.
3. Ask students to select three items from the order form and estimate by rounding the approximate total cost.
4. Have students create their own word problems. (Spelling, complete sentences, and correct punctuation count.) Swap papers and answer your partner's questions. Swap again and check answers.
Submitted by: Carla Clayton

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