1. Name: _____________________________________ Mrs. Winfield-Corbett
Directions: Choose 1 math project from the list below to
complete each month. Each project can only be completed
once. Be creative!
Math Projects
1. Many things in Mathematics are discovered through patterns. Our daily lives are
filled with patterns; patterns on tiles on the floor, patterns in flowers in nature.
Write a letter to a friend describing patterns you have observed either at home or
school.
2. You have just been assigned ‘Principal of Student Success’. Your main duty is to
motivate your fellow students and figure out why some students are not successful
doing calculations with formulas. Write a speech to your classmates explaining
what steps a student will need to complete to succeed in using formulas.
3. Congratulations! BIG ROOMS 4 YOU, a local retail store, will give you a
remodeled, redesigned bedroom if you can successfully complete the entry essay.
Your essay will need to explain the steps you would take to enlarge your current
room and its contents.
4. Your principal needs your help. She has asked that you organized a “Family Math
Night”. The event will stress the importance of mathematics through different
activities. Write a report to your principal explaining how you would organize the
event. Be sure to include specific math activities and why math learning is
important.
5. The school lunch program has asked your grade level to conduct a school-wide
survey to decide which food item out of three to add to the school lunch menu.
Write a discussion paper including the sampling methods, steps your group would
engage in to determine an unbiased result, and what format you would use to
display the results.
6. Math computation and math elements occur in most career fields. Choose a career
field you are interested in and discuss three examples how math skills pertain to
that career field.

2. 7. You are dining with your family at your favorite restaurant. You order three hamburgers
with French fries at $6.50 each, one Caesar salad at $5.35, three iced teas at $1.29 each, a
lemonade at $1.39, and four desserts at $3.99 each. But when you receive your bill, you
discover that you've been charged for an extra hamburger and an extra iced tea. Correct
your bill to get an accurate total. Then write a comment to the restaurant manager,
expressing your concern regarding the restaurant's overcharging ways and document how
you corrected the error.
8. You are an excellent math student. For a class review, your teacher has asked you to
create a step-by-step demonstration of how to solve the problem 564 x 24. Be sure to
explain each step in the process, so classmates will understand how you got the correct
answer.
9. You are the treasure-master for a swashbuckling pirate crew. Your job is to keep records
of the locations of treasures your ship has hidden on a desert island. For your ship's
captain, create a grid of the island where your most recent treasures are buried. Identify
the exact co-ordinates of each treasure.
10. Students at your school are interested in changing the lunch menus, and you have agreed
to be their spokesperson. After surveying your classmates to collect their preferences for
healthy yet tasty meals, write a letter to the school lunch officials, arguing a case for new
meals your fellow students would enjoy. In your letter, include the survey information
you collected to build a case.
11. Your mom or dad has agreed to make your favorite dessert. Take the original recipe and
triple it, so that there is enough dessert for everyone in the family, as well as some of the
neighbors. Record the new recipe so that your mom or dad can start baking.
12. You are a math tutor for students at an elementary school. The teacher has asked you to
help younger children understand the importance of math by connecting it to real-life
situations. Think of three examples where multiplication is used in everyday life and
write them out in story problems for your students to solve in tutoring sessions.
13. You are a gardener who is planning your potato patch. You know that if you plant one
row, you will harvest enough potatoes for several family meals, but you want more than
that. Calculate how many rows of potatoes you need to feed your family for at least two
months. Write out your plan so know how many seeds to plant.
14. You are a reporter for the magazine Math Magic. For your next article, you plan to
interview a local math teacher about recommended strategies for getting kids interested in
everyday math, such as planning a garden, making change, or calculating recipe
ingredients. Write the list of questions you intend to ask.