Description

Help students practice adding decimals and calculating money totals using a fun and meaningful real-world menu activity!

This Adding Decimals Menu Math resource allows students to practice functional math skills by using a restaurant-style menu to find food prices and calculate totals.

Students read the word problems, identify the prices on the menu, and add decimal numbers to determine the total cost of items.

This activity is perfect for helping students build real-life money math skills while strengthening their ability to solve word problems and add decimals.

Designed with differentiation and scaffolding in mind, this resource includes multiple levels of support, making it ideal for special education classrooms, life skills programs, and inclusive math instruction.

What’s Included

This resource focuses on helping students add decimal numbers using money amounts in a meaningful real-world context.

Students use the included restaurant-style menus to find prices and calculate totals based on written word problems.

4 Levels of Menu Price Points

Menus are differentiated so students can gradually build confidence with decimals.

Level 1: Whole dollar amounts
Level 2: Dollar amounts with multiples of 10 cents
Level 3: Dollar amounts with multiples of 25 cents
Level 4: Mixed dollar and cent amounts

These levels allow students to progress from simple money addition to more complex decimal calculations.

3 Scaffolded Worksheet Levels

This resource includes three levels of worksheets to support students as they build independence with word problems.

Level 1 – Highly Supported

• Highlight prompts help students identify important information in the question
• A pre-written equation with blanks allows students to fill in numbers before solving
• A structured answer sentence helps students explain their final total

This level teaches students how to break down and solve word problems step-by-step.

Level 2 – Moderately Prompted

Students complete the same 3-step structure as Level 1, but without highlighted prompts.

This level supports students as they move toward greater independence in solving word problems.

Level 3 – Independent Task Cards

• Word problem task cards
• Recording sheet for answers

Students solve problems independently and record their totals. These work well for:

• Math centers
• Task boxes
• Small group instruction
• Independent work
• Life skills classrooms

Teaching Supports Included

To help students learn how to add money amounts, this resource also includes detailed teaching suggestions, answer keys, and reference cards.

Students can use the reference cards to:

• Line up decimal numbers correctly
• Set up the addition problem
• Check their work

Students can solve problems using:

• Pencil and paper
• Money manipulatives
• Calculators

Flexible for Differentiated Instruction

This resource is designed so you can mix and match menus, worksheets, and task cards depending on the needs of your students.

Students can progress through menu levels and worksheet levels as their skills develop, making this resource ideal for classrooms with diverse learning needs.

Skills Practiced

• Adding decimals
• Adding money amounts
• Word problem solving
• Functional life skills math
• Identifying key information in questions

Perfect For

• Special Education Classrooms
• Life Skills Programs
• Functional Math Instruction
• Math Centers
• Task Boxes
• Small Group Instruction
• Independent Work

⭐ Terms of Use

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