Budgeting for Thanksgiving Feast

(195 Students)
Price per Classroom
FREE
Grade Levels
7-7
Topics
Numbers & Operations,Fractions,Ratios & Proportions,Budgeting
Duration
20
Auto-Graded?
Yes

Activity Description

Celebrate Thanksgiving with this engaging, real-world math worksheet where students plan and price out a traditional holiday meal. Given a list of ingredients like turkey, potatoes, peas, and cranberry sauce, students must convert the quantities (given in ounces, tablespoons, and cups) into standard units like pounds and gallons using a conversion chart. They then use a realistic supermarket price list to calculate the cost of each ingredient and determine how many full meals can be prepared within a $1000 budget.


This worksheet is designed for 7th grade math and supports Common Core standards 7.RP.A.1, 7.RP.A.2, and 7.EE.B.3, helping students:

  • Master unit conversions between everyday and standard units
  • Apply unit rate and proportional reasoning to real-world shopping scenarios
  • Calculate total cost per meal and explore how budgeting works
  • Practice multi-step problem solving using decimal operations
  • Build connections between math and real-life decision-making, especially around holidays


Why Teachers Love It:

  • 🦃 Thanksgiving theme adds cultural relevance and student engagement
  • 💡 Realistic, hands-on application of ratios, rates, and decimals
  • 🧮 Integrated conversion table and price list for reference
  • Auto-graded and ready for classroom or remote use
  • 🎯 Ideal for cross-curricular connections with family & consumer science or personal finance


This worksheet is the perfect blend of seasonal fun and academic rigor, helping students understand the math behind holiday meal planning while strengthening key skills in a meaningful context.

Learning Objective

The learning objectives are:

  1. Students will develop an understanding of budgeting by managing a given amount of money to purchase ingredients for a Thanksgiving feast.
  2. Students will understand the application of Math concepts such as unit conversion, ratios, and fractions in a real-life scenario.

Teacher Tips

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Price per Classroom
FREE
Grade Levels
7-7
Topics
Numbers & Operations,Fractions,Ratios & Proportions,Budgeting
Duration
20
Auto-Graded?
Yes
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