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Grocery Store Math Scavenger Hunt

15 math and reading missions to do on a normal shopping trip. Tick items off right here on your phone, or print the sheet.

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• Find something that costs less than $1
• Find two items whose prices add up to about $5
• Find a price ending in .99 and round it
• Find a box with more than 10 things inside
• Find the heaviest bag of apples you're allowed to lift
• Find a word with "ea" on a sign
• Count the checkout lanes
• Find something sold by the pound
• Find a sign with a number bigger than 100
• Find the cheaper of two sizes of the same thing (check the unit price)
• Read an ingredient list with 5 or fewer ingredients
• Find a shape that is a cylinder
• Estimate the total of 3 items before checkout
• Find a word that rhymes with "bread"
• Find something that comes in a dozen

Grown-ups: let them hold the list and the pencil.

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