Math3-5

Sunshine Diner Menu Money Math for Grade 3

By Melissa D.

A menu-based math practice set for 3rd graders in a life skills setting, built around breakfast and lunch price tables from the Sunshine Diner. Students practice reading prices, adding and comparing whole-dollar amounts, and making simple purchase decisions, with the set offered at three difficulty levels.

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Teacher Guide & Tips

Use this as a functional math station or whole-class warm-up in a life skills block, roughly 20 to 30 minutes, so students see money math applied to a real-world task like ordering a meal.
Discussion question: If you have $10, which items could you order without going over, and how did you check your total?
Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-read the menu aloud, circle the item names and prices together, and use play money or a number line to add two prices at a time.
Extension for advanced students: have them plan a full meal for two people within a set budget, then calculate the change from a $20 bill.
Estimated time is about 5 to 10 minutes per level, so the three levels fit comfortably within a single class period if needed.

Math3-5

Sunshine Diner Menu Money Math for Grade 3

By Melissa D.

Open in Diffit

Customize for your classroom

Teacher Guide & Tips

Use this as a functional math station or whole-class warm-up in a life skills block, roughly 20 to 30 minutes, so students see money math applied to a real-world task like ordering a meal.
Discussion question: If you have $10, which items could you order without going over, and how did you check your total?
Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-read the menu aloud, circle the item names and prices together, and use play money or a number line to add two prices at a time.
Extension for advanced students: have them plan a full meal for two people within a set budget, then calculate the change from a $20 bill.
Estimated time is about 5 to 10 minutes per level, so the three levels fit comfortably within a single class period if needed.

Teacher Guide & Tips

Use this as a functional math station or whole-class warm-up in a life skills block, roughly 20 to 30 minutes, so students see money math applied to a real-world task like ordering a meal.

Discussion question: If you have $10, which items could you order without going over, and how did you check your total?

Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-read the menu aloud, circle the item names and prices together, and use play money or a number line to add two prices at a time.

Extension for advanced students: have them plan a full meal for two people within a set budget, then calculate the change from a $20 bill.

Estimated time is about 5 to 10 minutes per level, so the three levels fit comfortably within a single class period if needed.

Teacher Guide & Tips

Use this as a functional math station or whole-class warm-up in a life skills block, roughly 20 to 30 minutes, so students see money math applied to a real-world task like ordering a meal.

Discussion question: If you have $10, which items could you order without going over, and how did you check your total?

Scaffold for struggling readers: pre-read the menu aloud, circle the item names and prices together, and use play money or a number line to add two prices at a time.

Extension for advanced students: have them plan a full meal for two people within a set budget, then calculate the change from a $20 bill.

Estimated time is about 5 to 10 minutes per level, so the three levels fit comfortably within a single class period if needed.