Real-life Math and a part-time job! Hourly Wage and Total Income - y=mx+b
Perfect for an activity for children who wants to earn some pocket money at a part-time job!.
This printable resource includes a task with complete key. The focus is to make the straight line equation and its graph practical and applicable to a real life event - working for an hourly wage and getting paid a set amount per shift. Students get to graph equations with the table method, build the equation of a real-life example, solve simultaneous equations graphically and through the values in a table, and make some real-life choices about employment with their knowledge. Get them excited about the knowledge that they get to make their own decisions about who to work for, or what jobs they can choose to do!
This resource works great as ...
- an assessment exercise
- a task
- independent work
- distance learning
- math stations
- math centers
- homework
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