1. A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Jahmia Algahmie Salina Elementary School
Story
Game Directions
Going to Grandma’s House
Game Preparation
Game Pieces
Play the game
Objectives
A Homemade PowerPoint Game By
Jahmia Algahmie
Salina Elementary School
Credits
Copyright Notice

2. The Story of “Going to Grandma’s House”
Emily and younger brother, Dennis, are heading to Grandma Charlotte’s house for some freshly baked cookies. However, before they head there, they will need to head to Bobby’s Market to get at least 10 of the 15 items that Grandma Charlotte has requested. They have $30.00 to spend on the items and for the cab fare to take them to Grandma’s house. It is your goal to make sure they get the items on the list and have enough money for the cab fare to get to Grandma’s. Once you get to grandma, you’ll be surprised with a warm basket of freshly baked cookies. Good luck!
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3. Game Directions
The goal of the game is to buy 10 out of 15 items from Grandma Charlotte’s list and to get to Grandma Charlotte’s house without going over your $30.00 budget.
To play the game you have to print out slides 5- 8 on cardstock paper. Cut out game pieces from slide 5. Tape together slides 6-7 to make your game board. No more than two teams of two may play at once. You are to take turns answering the questions. If you answer a question wrong, you lose your turn and your opponent has the chance to answer. When answered correctly, draw a card from the advancement cards and do as it states.
To win the game you have to successfully answer the questions and reach to the end of the gameboard.
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4. Game Preparation
Gameboard: Print out slides 5- 8 on cardstock paper. Cut out game pieces from slide 5. Tape together slides 6-7 to make your game board.
Advancement Cards: Print out slides on cardstock paper. Then cut into individual cards.
Questions: Print out slide 12 to keep track of which questions have been answered.
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5. Game Pieces
Choose your game piece that will get you to Grandma Charlotte’s house.
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6. Game board

7. Come and get these fresh baked cookies!

8. Advancement Cards Move forward two spaces Sorry, move back 1 space
Sorry, you
lose a turn
Move forward
four spaces
Sorry, you
lose two turns
Move to your
opponent’s
spot.
Sorry, go back
to start
Move one
space
ahead of your
partner

9. Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
Originally designed by Jahmia Algahmie, Salina Elementary School, October 10, 2007 with the title “Going to Grandma Charlotte’s House“
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10. Educational Objectives
Audience
Third grade students
Subject Area Objectives
Third grade students will be able to correctly solve subtraction, addition, and multiplication problems using decimals.
Third grade students will be able to correctly identify place value.
Third grade students will be able to play “Let’s Go to Grandma’s House” with 100% accuracy.
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11. Copyright Copyright 2007 Jahmia Algahmie
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.
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12. Let’s Play “Going to Grandma’s House!”
Pick a question to get started 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 14 20 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25
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Game Directions

13. Move on to next question
Correct!
Move on to next question

14. Try again on your next turn
Not Correct!
Try again on your next turn

15. Question 1
Your first stop is Bobby’s Market, the first item on the list is cereal. It costs $2.26. How much money should you have left from the $30.00 budget?
$27.74
$28.74
$27.00
$26.75

16. Question 2
You need to buy hand soap that cost $1.79 and paper towel that costs $0.98. How much do these items cost together?
$3.00
$2.87
$2.77
$3.01

17. Question 3
The hand soap and paper towel cost a total of $2.77. What is the grand total when you add the cereal for $2.26?
$5.00
$4.95
$5.50
$5.03

18. Question 4
Emily has $3.00 from her own savings. She wants to buy a bag of chips for $1.25 and a candy bar for $0.75. How much change would she get back?
$2.00
$1.00
$0.00
$1.25

19. Question 5
Grandma Charlotte needs three hand towels. Each towel costs $0.60. What is the total cost for the three hand towels?
$3.60
$0.60
$1.20
$1.80

20. Question 6
Dennis has a $1.00 saved from his own savings. He wants to buy 2 chocolate candy bars that cost $0.45 each. How much change does he get back after he purchases the candy bars?
$0.10
$0.05
$0.55
$0.45

21. Question 7
Dennis and Emily realized they skipped 2 items on the list. They need to get 2 pounds of potatoes and 1 dozen eggs. The potatoes cost $1.25 per pound. The eggs cost $1.49 per dozen. How much do the potatoes and eggs cost in all?
$2.74
$3.00
$3.99
$2.49

22. Question 8
Grandma Charlotte needs toothpaste and a brand new toothbrush. The toothpaste costs $1.72 and the toothbrush costs $2.09. How much more does the toothbrush cost than the toothpaste?
$0.72
$0.53
$1.01
$0.37

23. Question 9 Yes, Camelia does have enough money
Emily and Dennis ran into their friend Camelia. Camelia wanted to buy four bags of chips that cost $0.75 each. She wanted to know if she had enough money. She had $3.00 in her pocket. Does she have enough money?
Yes, Camelia does have enough money
No, Camelia does not have enough money.

24. Question 10
Emily and Dennis need to buy 4 bags of peanuts. Each cost $ If they gave the cashier $5.00, how much would they have left?
$3.00
$1.00
$1.04
$2.50

25. Question 11
Emily and Dennis noticed they need to purchase 3 dozen roses from grandma’s list. Each dozen costs $ Will this item take them over their budget of $30.00 or will they still be within their budget?
Yes, they will still be within their budget.
Yes, they will go over their budget.

26. Question 12
Emily and Dennis can’t find three of their items from Bobby’s Market. They need to go across the street to Jim’s Pharmacy, but first they must pay for their items before leaving Bobby’s Market. Their total cost came to $ How much change should they get back from their $30.00?
$12.00
$13.00
$12.41
$13.99

27. Question 13 They can buy the calcium vitamins.
Emily and Dennis have $12.41 from their budget. They need to purchase a bottle of calcium vitamins that cost $10.49 and 2 bags of gummy worms that cost $0.59 each. Which item can they buy without going over budget.
They can buy the calcium vitamins.
They can’t buy either one.
They can buy the 2 bags of gummy
worms.
They can buy the calcium vitamins and the
two bags of gummy worms.

28. Question 14
At Jim’s Pharmacy, Emily and Dennis need to pick up Grandma
Charlotte’s medication. The medication costs $ The pharmacist
gave them $4.48 back. How much did Emily and Dennis give the
pharmacist?
$10.00
$9.00
$10.49
$9.25

29. Question 15 The sponges cost more Neither, they both cost the same
There are 2 more item on their list before they can head to grandma’s house. They need to purchase 2 cans of cleaning bleach and 6 sponges. Each cleaning bleach costs $.99 and each sponge costs $0.29. When purchased, which item will cost more?
The sponges cost more
Neither, they both cost the same
The cans of bleach cost more

30. Question 16
At Bobby’s Market, Emily and Dennis spent $ At Jim’s Pharmacy they spent $ How much more did they spend at Bobby’s Market than at Jim’s Pharmacy?
$7.17
$6.03
$5.50
$7.00

31. Question 17
Emily and Dennis saw a sign with a picture of a taxi outside of Jim’s Pharmacy that said ‘Same fare for anywhere you please’. What does the word ‘fare’ mean?
reasonable
Light in complexion
The cost to travel

32. Question 18 They have enough to go to grandma’s
The ride on the taxi is going to cost them $1.00 one way. They have $1.99 left from their budget. Do they have enough to go to Grandma’s house and back to the market?
They have enough to go to grandma’s
house and back to the market.
They don’t have enough to go to
grandma’s house.
They only have enough to go to grandma’s
House.

33. Question 19 Emily and Dennis are at grandma’s house. Grandma has four
cookies left on the table. How many cookies can each one get? 4 2 3 1

34. Question 20 If you had $3.55, how many whole dollars do you have? 3 4

35. Question 21 Emily and Dennis had $30.00 to spend, how many tens do
they have? 30
300 3
3000

36. Question 22 Emily and Dennis have $2.00. How many pennies is this? 20
2000
200

37. Question 23
How many nickels make $1.00? 5 10 20
100

38. Question 24
If Emily and Dennis had a total of $30.00 to spend on themselves, how much money would each one get?
$10.00
$20.00
$30.00
$15.00

39. Question 25
If Emily had $15.00 and Dennis had $5.00, how many times more does Emily have than Dennis? 3 10 5 1