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Elective Consumer Math

This elective credit course provides the student with a review of the fundamental computational operations. At the same time, Online High School students will work with applications of mathematics in everyday life. 

Consumer Math Online High School Elective

Topics to be studied include: personal finance, housing, transportation, taxes, insurance, investments, purchasing and budgeting. Calculators will be used extensively.

Course Outline

  • Welcome
  • Course Description
  • MLA Formatting Word 2007
  • MLA Documentation updates
  • MLA Citation
  • MLA Incorporating Sources
  • Personal Finance
  • Interest Inventory
  • Essay: Interest Inventory
  • Resume
  • Essay: Resume
  • Assignment: W 4 Form
  • Worksheet: Benefits
  • Computing your pay
  • Paychecks
  • Occupations
  • Worksheet: Pay Day!
  • Math on the Job
  • Worksheet: Getting started
  • Planning for Living & Expenses
  • Finding a Place to Live
  • Housing Search
  • Rental Agreements
  • Mortages
  • Worksheet: Home Sweet Home
  • Assignment: Home Sweet Home
  • Purchasing vs. Leasing a Car
  • Assignment: On the Road
  • Grocery Shopping
  • Price Comparison
  • Assignment: Price Comparison
  • Buying Clothes
  • Sales Tax
  • Assignment: Buying clothes
  • Cost of Living
  • Budgeting
  • Essay: Essay
  • Assignment: Exam 1
  • Banking
  • Savings Accounts
  • Essay: Essay: Finacial Planning
  • Assignment: Balancing a Checkbook
  • Credit Card Payoff
  • To charge or not to charge
  • Worksheet: Paper or Plastic?
  • Credit & Loans
  • Personal Credit Rating
  • FICO Scores
  • Rebuilding Credit
  • Absurd Math
  • Worksheet: Bad Credit? How Can That Be?
  • Assignment: Exam 2
  • Personal Bank Loans: A Helping Hand
  • Consumer Loan Application
  • Loan Agreement
  • Loan Payment
  • Worksheet: Personal Bank Loans
  • Investment & Savings
  • To Charge or Not To Charge?
  • Basic Compound Interest
  • Interest Simulation
  • Worksheet: To Charge or Not To Charge?
  • Essay: Social Security
  • Assignment: Interest
  • Investing and beyond
  • Investing Basics
  • The Stock Market
  • Investing
  • Worksheet: High Finance and Beyond
  • Auto Insurance Basics
  • Insurance
  • Essay: Essay
  • Taxes
  • Understanding Your Paycheck
  • Net Pay, Income Taxes, and Other Deductions
  • Earnings Statement
  • Worksheet: TAX MAN
  • Assignment: Filing a 1040 Form
  • Assignment: Exam 4
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