For this activity, each letter of the alphabet has been assigned a monetary value. Eg. A=$1, B=$2, C=$3, etc… Students must work to calculate the following: Who has the most expensive name in the class Who has the most expensive name in their family Which teacher has the least expensive name What’s the most expensive item in the room a word that equals exactly $100 The attached spreadsheet is a calculator which automatically calculates the cost of any collection of words. As an extension you can start to add decimal places and change the values. Eg. A=$1.50, B=$3.75, C=$2.70, etc… You could also give students a set amount of money and ask them to work out how many items from a shopping list they could buy using the nouns as prices, with a prize to the student who budgets for the largest quantity of items.