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Consumer Math |
Description |
|
Percent
and Proportions |
Students
will solve problems of the form "One
number is some percent of another number." |
Discount
and Sale Price |
Students
will find the discount and sale price of
an item. Real-life money problems are used throughout this lesson. |
|
Simple
Interest |
Students
compute simple interest on a loan
or on an investment. Examples illustrate how to compute interest
when the time is given in months or in years. Real-life money
problems are used throughout. |
|
Commission |
Students
will compute straight commission as a
percentage of sales. Real-life money problems are included. |
|
Sales
Tax |
Students
will compute sales tax as a percentage
added to the buyer's cost. Real-life money problems are used
throughout. |
|
Percent
Change |
Students
will understand changes in a value over time through percent increase and percent decrease problems. |
|
Practice
Exercises |
To
complete 10 additional exercises as practice with money concepts. To assess students' understanding
of all money problems learned so far. |
|
Challenge
Exercises |
To
solve 10 additional money problems that challenge students'
understanding of money concepts. To hone students'
problem-solving skills. |
|
Solutions |
To review complete
solutions to all exercises presented in this unit. Includes the problem,
step-by-step solutions, final answer for each exercise. |
