This multiplication and division math project is perfect for engaging gifted and talented students, offering choice, and extending thinking. Students will enjoy designing a resort in this project-based learning math activity. It takes them deeper as they solve multi-step problems involving multiplication and division. In this challenge, students will design a vacation resort, think mathematically, and create an advertisement to showcase their work.
 
Check out the Contents of this 4th and 5th Grade Math Project:
✏️5 Design Elements (Students make decisions and create an imaginary resort)
✏️5 Multi-Step Problems (Most problems involve a full page of calculations. Tasks include all four operations and some understanding of remainders in division problems)
✏️Final Project - Create an Advertisement for your Resort
✏️Grading Rubric (Use for student self-reflection or for teacher grades)
 
Provide access to students in multiple languages! The printable and digital versions include English, Spanish, and French translations. Use this math project with English-Language Learners!
 
This multiplication and division project can be assigned digitally through Google Classroom and TPT Easel. You may also print the multiplication and division packet for gifted and talented students in your math class.
 
Use this Project-Based Learning Math Activity in so many ways!
✅ Wrap up math units with your whole class by assigning this project-based learning activity. 
✅ Evaluate the abilities of your gifted and talented students through a pretest at the beginning of a unit. If they pass before receiving instruction, provide them with this independent math project instead. 
✅ Invite students to complete this project-based learning assignment with a partner or small group to encourage math discussion. 
✅ Print activities or assign them through digital means (Google Classroom, TPT Easel, etc.)
 
My 4th-grade students completed this project at the end of our multiplication and division unit. It involves a balance of creativity and interest along with real-world problems. I have also given this independent project to gifted students as an extension activity. 
 
Hear From Educators Like You!
⭐️”My students loved this project! I loved the digital piece...made sharing the project, finishing it, and grading it easy...we added a flipgrid for the advertisement (slide #9 - students made a commercial for their resorts).”
⭐️“We used this as an extension activity during our RTI cycle where we covered multiplying 3 by 2 using the standard algorithm.”
⭐️“I used this for my top group of students as an extension activity. They absolutely loved it!”
 
Find Answers to Your Questions about this Multiplication and Division Project
✋What type of multiplication and division is involved in this math project?
2-digit by 2-digit multiplication, 1-digit by multi-digit multiplication, multi-digit division
Whole numbers are used throughout the project. Students may choose to add decimals to one of the elements if they are ready for more of a challenge.
✋What grade level can use this project-based learning activity?
The Design a Resort Multiplication and Division Project aligns most closely with 4th-grade standards but can be used as an extension in 3rd and 5th grades as well.
✋What is an “element” in this project? What is a “problem”?
This multiplication and division project includes elements and problems. The elements spark students’ creative ideas. This is where they choose a theme for their resort, list the fun activities included for vacationers, and plan out the dining hall! Following each element, students solve a series of math problems using the numbers and details they created in their element. 
✋How can I differentiate for students with this math project?
Guide students in choosing simpler numbers to perform easier math problems or greater numbers for more complex calculations. Use the translated worksheets in English, Spanish, or French to help ELL students.