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Consumer Math Finance & Budgeting (Grades 11-12; 2 Semesters)

Provide students with practical math skills for everyday use with LIFEPAC Consumer Math for grades 11-12. Topics taught include family finances; taxes; insurance; investments; travel; and a basic math review. Ten units include step-by-step learning modules to build student comprehension. Provides high school students with a firm foundation for building personal finance skills.This course is appropriate for students who have completed Algebra I and Geometry.

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CREATIVE ARITHMETIC

? Basic skills

? Mental search skills

? Creative manipulation

? Mental imagery

FRACTIONS; DECIMALS; AND PERCENTS

? Fractions

? Decimals

? Percents

? Consumer applications

FAMILY FINANCES I

? Income

? Taxes

? Budgets

? Buying

FAMILY FINANCES II

? Insurance

? Banking

? Financial planning investments and estates

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING TRADES

? Measurement systems

? Area and volume

? Curved and straight boundaries

SERVICE OCCUPATIONS

? Financial transactions

? Data interpretation

? Automotive; food; and personal services

TRANSPORTATION

? Operating an automobile

? Distance equals rate times time

? Currency exchange rates

? Time zone adjustments

BUSINESS SERVICES

? Balance sheets

? Payroll deductions

? Bank statements

? Credit terms

? Pricing considerations and discounts

OCCUPATIONAL DIAGRAMS

? Review basic math

? Scale drawings

? Informal geometry

? House plans

LOOKING BACK

? Mathematical operations

? Informal geometry

? Family finances

? Occupational services

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Personal finance/Consummer finance courses are generally not approved toward ABOR math requirements. Please include information about the curriculums relation to algebra; geometry; trigonometry; calculus; etc.

Online / Virtual