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Subjects
Geography |
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |
Brief Description
Students add or subtract to solve ZIP Code math word problems.Objective Students
Keywords
abbreviation, city, code, equation, geography, math, office, post, state, word problem, ZIPLesson Plan
If you add Monticello, IL (Illinois) and Greenfield, IN (Indiana) together, you get 107,996. It's a simple matter of adding the ZIP Code for Monticello (61856) to the ZIP Code for Greenfield (46140). 61856 + 46140 = 107,996!
Provide students with copies of the ZIP Code Math work sheet and let them use ZIP Codes to figure sums and differences. (This lesson could be easily adapted for practice in multiplication and division too.) Answers appear in the Assessment section below.
ZIP Code Sources
To complete this activity, students will need access to a ZIP Code directory. Students can get ZIP Codes in any of the following ways:
Extension Activity
Have students use atlases or other resources to plot on a U.S. outline map the locations of all the cities and towns included in the ZIP Code Math problems.
Assessment
Students solve the majority of the problems correctly.
ANSWER KEY
1. 60457 + 38544 = 99,001
2. 94806 + 44425 = 139,231
3. 73742 - 11158 = 62,224
4. 63119 - 29036 = 34,083
EXTRA! (83837 + 01083) - 59008 = 25,912
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
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