Course title

Financial Algebra

Pre-requisite

Algebra 2

Course description

????In Financial Algebra; students re?ne mathematical skills developed in previous courses in the context of ?nancial topics. Mathematical skills include linear and quadratic equations; systems of equations; exponential and logarithmic functions; piecewise functions; descriptive statistics; probability; regression; and correlation. These mathematical skills are modeled through such rigorous topics as stock market; business applications; banking services; retirement planning; preparing a budget; and consumer credit.

†Algebra is in the course name so we use all of the algebra skills previously acquired. Geometry†is covered in Algebra 2 which is a prerequisite for this course. Select Geometry topics come up when we?re designing a business plan/logo

†We look at summations; log; and ln functions that come up in Trig/Pre-Calc/Calc.

School country

United States

School state

Pennsylvania

School / district Address

N/A

School zip code

N/A

Requested competency code

Math

Date submitted

Denied

Yes

Denied date

Denied reason

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

Online / Virtual

No