This course is designed to build upon prior knowledge of math concepts from other courses. This algebra-based CTE course features real-world algebra concepts found in investing, banking, credit, income taxes, insurance, and household budgeting. Step-by-step strategies will help students learn the time value of money, evaluate the best banks and credit cards, make financial decisions like buying a car or renting an apartment, calculate payments and interest in loans, invest in the stock market, and build a business plan by knowing costs, profits, and break even points.
Content:
Real world situations represented through functions, graphs and tables, statistics, regressions
Functions: linear, quadratic, exponential, piecewise, and others
Systems of equations and inequalities, Exponential growth and decay
Excel and online applications