Consumer Math
Credits: 1 Units
Course ID: MAG02
Course Area: Math
Description:
Using math concepts to make informed decisions about: buying goods and services; the cost of credit; banking; investments; job-related issues; personal income and taxes; retirement; insurance; budgeting; housing; auto rental and ownership; using calculators and other technology.
Course Outline:
- Unit 1:
- Lesson 1: The history of money
- Lesson 2: The department store
- Lesson 3: The grocery store
- Lesson 4: The electronics store (percentages and sales tax)
- Lesson 5: The outlet mall
- Lesson 6: The restaurant
- Lesson 7: Paying retailers
- Lesson 8: Reviewing and paying the power bill
- Lesson 9: Estimating your expenses
- Lesson 10: Receipts, bills and estimates, oh my!
- Unit 2:
- Lesson 11: How much money do I make?
- Lesson 12: How much money do I spend?
- Lesson 13: Am I financially healthy?
- Lesson 14: Savings is stability
- Lesson 15: Debt is dangerous
- Lesson 16: What do I really need? And how much will it cost?
- Lesson 17: When debt is acceptable?
- Lesson 18: When debt isn't acceptable
- Lesson 19: I already have too many credit cards, what should I do?
- Lesson 20: How does a credit score work? And how do I get mine?
- Unit 3:
- Lesson 21: Secured vs. unsecured debt
- Lesson 22: Unsecured debt payment and future wealth
- Lesson 23: Examples of good credit vs. bad credit monthly payments
- Lesson 24: Cars: lease vs. own
- Lesson 25: Homes: rent vs. mortgage
- Lesson 26: Summary: budgeting
- Lesson 27: Fixed costs
- Lesson 28: Discretionary spending
- Lesson 29: Emergency funds
- Lesson 30: Budgeting summary
- Unit 4:
- Lesson 31: The best ways to increase your income
- Lesson 32: The single best way to increase your income
- Lesson 33: Best ways to decrease your spending
- Lesson 34: The single best way to decrease your expenses
- Lesson 35: Savings: where to start?
- Lesson 36: Planning to save
- Lesson 37: Savings instruments and an introduction to investing
- Lesson 38: Get everything in writing (and read the fine print!)
- Lesson 39: The Internet is your friend
- Lesson 40: Let's review
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