Money skillsSeasonal and holidays
Halloween Party on a Budget
Halloween Math Project · Middle & High School
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 26
- Answer keys
- Included
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Plan a Halloween party on a budget! In this low-prep Halloween math project, middle and high school students plan a party for 8 to 24 guests on a fixed budget. They shop from two realistic store flyers and an online party shop, compare unit prices, test BOGO and percent-off deals, scale a punch recipe, add sales tax and shipping, and prove with math that they stayed on budget. Four leveled party cards give every group different numbers.
What's included
- Teacher guide with 4-day pacing, materials and differentiation (support, on level, challenge)
- Standards page (Common Core math + Jump$tart personal finance)
- Project overview with mission, party rules, checklist and a Party Safety Check (food allergies, costume visibility)
- 4 leveled party cards: 8, 12, 16 or 24 guests with budgets from $64 to $150 (practice amounts)
- 3 full-page store flyers with 64 items: a grocery ad with BOGO deals and coupons, a discount store with department sales, and an online party shop with shipping rules
- Warm-up: Read the Flyers (8 questions)
- Unit Price Showdown: small pack vs. big pack (6 comparisons + 3 questions)
- Deal or No Deal? 6 deal showdowns (BOGO, multi-buy, coupons, shipping) + a free-shipping inequality
- Witch's Brew Punch: scale a recipe with fractions, then buy whole packages
- Costume on a Budget: sale prices, sales tax and cost per wear
- Party budget planner with category targets and punch shopping
- Shopping list and checkout receipts for all three stores
- Party timeline: business-day shipping, invitations and an elapsed-time schedule
- 8 Party Twist Cards (surprise guests, a sold-out item, a bonus coupon, a spill, an allergy alert...) + response sheet
- Reflection questions + exit ticket
- 20-point rubric with a student self-check
- Complete answer keys, one fully worked Card B plan (every item, coupon and receipt) and sample plans with grand totals for Cards A, C and D
How to use it
Use it in October in math, consumer math, financial literacy, FACS, advisory or homeroom. It works as a 4-day project, a 3-day version or an enrichment activity. Give each group a party card: Level 1 has the most support and Level 4 is the biggest challenge. Print and go: no prep beyond cutting the party cards and twist cards. Not every family celebrates Halloween, so the project works just as well as a "Fall Festival."
Skills practiced
Budgetingunit pricepercent off & BOGO dealssales taxshipping thresholdsscaling recipes with fractionsinequalitieselapsed timedecision makingwritten reasoning
