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Each Citizen Math lesson is designed to be taught over two days and fits seamlessly into your core curriculum

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Payday (Updated!)

How much do different professions earn?

Grade 6
Ratios & Unit Rates
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Spin City (Updated!)

What’s the best strategy for playing roulette?

Algebra 1
Probability (Beg.)
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Grading Scales of Justice (Updated!)

What’s the best grading policy?

Grade 7
Percents & Proportions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Canalysis (Updated!)

What are the ideal dimensions of a soda can?

Algebra 2
Rational Functions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

My Fellow Americans (Updated!)

Is simpler speech better?

Grade 6
Equations & Expressions
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

See You Ladder (Updated!)

How high can ladders safely reach?

Grade 8
Squares, Roots, Irrationals
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Domino Effect (Updated!)

How much does Domino’s charge for pizza?

Grade 8
Writing Linear Equations
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Square Dancing (Updated!)

What secrets are hidden in squares?

Grade 8
Squares, Roots, Irrationals
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

Prescripted (Updated!)

How much should medications cost?

Algebra 1
Parabolas & Quadratics
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

Wiibates (Updated!)

How much should Nintendo have charged for the Wii U console?

Algebra 1
Parabolas & Quadratics
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.

XBOX Xponential (Updated!)

How have video game console speeds changed over time?

Algebra 2
Exponential Functions (Adv.)
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Blindsided (Updated!)

What’s the safest way to position car mirrors?

Expressions & Equations
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Coupon Clipping (Updated!)

Are coupons always a good deal?

Grade 7
Percents & Proportions
This complex task is best as a culminating unit activity after students have developed formal knowledge and conceptual understanding.

Scalped

Why do concert tickets cost so much?

Grade 6
Percents
Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.

New-Tritional Info (Updated!)

Should restaurants rewrite menus in terms of exercise?

Grade 6
Equations & Expressions
Great anytime, including at the beginning of a unit before students have any formal introduction to the topic.