Restaurant Menu Math Task Cards

Teaching · Money Math

Order lunch, do the math. Students use a kid-friendly diner menu to practice totals, making change, sales tax, tips, and splitting the bill — the real-life money math they’ll actually use. A no-prep math center with a printable menu, 12 scenario cards, a receipt worksheet, and a full teacher answer key. Grades 3–8.

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$The MI Diner printable menu with food items and prices for menu math.$

How It Works

A menu math center in three steps

Set it up once as a center or stations. The menu prices are the single source of truth, so every total, tax, and tip works out cleanly.

Print the menu & cards

Print the MI Diner menu and the 12 scenario cards and cut the cards apart. Laminate the menu to reuse it.

Order & solve

Students read each card and use the menu to work out totals, change, sales tax, tips, and splitting the bill.

Build a receipt & check

Students itemize an order on the receipt worksheet, then you review with the full teacher answer key.

What’s Inside

Everything for the activity

Printable “MI Diner” menu — 16 illustrated items with prices
12 scenario task cards — totals, change, tax, tip, and splitting
Built-in difficulty levels — from simple totals to tax + tip + splitting
Receipt worksheet — itemize an order and total it
Blank receipts — a class set for repeated practice
Teacher answer key — worked solutions for all 12 cards
Two-page teacher guide — how to use, differentiation, prep notes
Low-ink black-and-white version of the whole pack

The MI Diner printable menu. — The MI Diner menu

Teacher answer key with worked solutions. — Answer key

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Free sample — menu + 3 task cards

Try it today: the MI Diner menu and three scenario cards with a quick-start guide — a real, runnable mini-center. Create a free Money Instructor account to download — already a member? Just log in.

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The complete pack

The full menu, all 12 scenario cards, the receipt worksheet, a class set of blank receipts, and the teacher answer key — plus a low-ink black-and-white version. Free and logged-out visitors are prompted to create an account or upgrade.

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Who It’s For

Real-life math for a range of learners

Upper-elementary teachers

A hands-on money-math center for totals, change, and reading a menu.

Middle school & life skills

Percent practice that sticks: sales tax, tips, and splitting a bill fairly.

Homeschool families

Works one-on-one with a receipt worksheet and a full answer key.

Need a sub plan?

Print it and go — clear directions, an answer key, and zero devices.

Pair It Up

Great with a grocery math center

Restaurant math and grocery math make a perfect pair. Combine these cards with Money Instructor’s Grocery Budget Task Cards for a full real-world money-math unit, or use the free interactive money lessons for a digital follow-up.

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$Receipt worksheet for totaling an order with subtotal, tax, and tip.$

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What grade level is this for?

It’s built for grades 3–8. Younger students focus on totals and making change; older students add sales tax, tips, and splitting the bill.

What tax and tip rates does it use?

The cards use a sales tax of 8% and a tip of 15% of the food subtotal (before tax). Both rates are stated on the answer key, and the menu prices are chosen so the math works out to clean amounts.

Is this printable free?

A free sample with the menu and three scenario cards is free with a free Money Instructor account. The complete pack with all 12 scenarios, the receipt worksheet, and the answer key is included with paid membership.

Is there a low-ink version?

Yes. A full low-ink black-and-white version of the entire pack is included to save color ink.

Can I use this for homeschool?

Absolutely. It works one-on-one or in small groups, and the receipt worksheet makes it easy to use at home.

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