Family, Career & Community Connections
Resources to Promote Math Skills in the FACS Classroom

SD COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD 1.0 Integrate multiple life roles and responsibilities in family, career, and community settings

The math activities developed for this area will help students achieve one or more of the following South Dakota family and consumer content standards

1.1 Analyze strategies to manage multiple individual, family, career and community roles and responsibilities
1.2 Demonstrate transferable and employability skills in community and workplace settings
1.3 Analyze the reciprocal impact of individual and family participation in community activities

Problems
Calculating Grade Point Average (Key)

Lemonade Stand (Key)

Newspaper Route (Key)
 
Scenarios
Calculating Paper Size (Worksheet (Word))
Career Comparison Based on Wages (Rubric)
Counting Change (Concession Price List, Rubric)
Food Drive Graphing (Worksheet (Excel), Worksheet Key (Excel))
Life Income (Worksheet)
 
Projects
Calculating Payroll and Understanding Deductions (Worksheet (Word), Key)
Teaching Job Skills (Rubric)
Transferring Jobs vs. Cost of Living (Rubric)
 
 
 
 
Project funded through South Dakota Perkins Reserve Fund Grant
Office of Career and Technical Education
Pierre, South Dakota

2004-2005