Mathematics
Consumer Math
Consumer Math is designed to teach students everyday math skills such as balancing a checkbook, creating a budget, buying a car or home, personal record keeping and paying taxes. The goal of this Consumer Math course is to enable students to make educated decisions on matters of personal finance
About the course
Course Overview
Consumer Math is designed to teach students everyday math skills such as balancing a checkbook, creating a budget, buying a car or home, personal record keeping and paying taxes. The goal of this Consumer Math course is to enable students to make educated decisions on matters of personal finance. The course focuses on awareness of consumer-related issues and strives to help students become “more informed” consumers now and in the future. Units on purchasing a car, purchasing a home, and insurance will also be covered.
Textbook: Consumer Math© Excel Education Systems, Inc. - 2021
By the end of the course
Learning Objectives
- Compute weekly and annual wages and salary for different pay periods.
- To change prices from cents to dollars and from dollars to cents
- Determine the amount of money saved due to sale prices and discounts
- Calculate problems related to down payments, monthly payments, and total amounts
- Compute the price of a car when financing arrangements are made.
- Estimate the quantity of materials and the costs associated doing home improvements.
- Create a budget and compute the percent of income to be spent on each budget item.
- Learn the basics of preparing tax returns: exemptions, deductions, and taxable income.
- Use ratios and proportion to calculate fat calories and change recipe yields.
Course contents
What You'll Study
Your Income
Pricing and Cost
Buying and Making Clothing
Housing
Vehicles
Calories and Nutrition
Home Improvement
Travel and Lodging
Managing a Budget
Saving and Investing
Taxes
Occupations
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