Consumer Math Online High School Elective
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. Topics to be studied include: personal finance, housing, transportation, taxes, insurance, investments, purchasing and budgeting. Calculators will be used extensively.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Welcome
- Course Description
- MLA Formatting Word 2007
- MLA Documentation updates
- MLA Citation
- MLA Incorporating Sources
Planning Personal Finance
- Personal Finance
- Interest Inventory
- Essay: Interest Inventory
- Resume
- Essay: Resume
- Assignment: W 4 Form
- Worksheet: Benefits
Pay Day!
- Computing your pay
- Paychecks
- Occupations
- Worksheet: Pay Day!
Math on the Job
- Math on the Job
- Worksheet: Getting started
Planning for Living & Expenses
- Planning for Living & Expenses
- Finding a Place to Live
- Housing Search
- Rental Agreements
- Mortages
- Worksheet: Home Sweet Home
- Assignment: Home Sweet Home
On the Road
- Purchasing vs. Leasing a Car
- Assignment: On the Road
Personal Shopping Needs
- Grocery Shopping
- Price Comparison
- Assignment: Price Comparison
- Buying Clothes
- Sales Tax
- Assignment: Buying clothes
Financial Planning
- Cost of Living
- Budgeting
- Essay: Essay
- Assignment: Exam 1
Banking & Credit
- Banking
- Savings Accounts
- Essay: Essay: Finacial Planning
- Assignment: Balancing a Checkbook
Credit Card
- Credit Card Payoff
- To charge or not to charge
- Worksheet: Paper or Plastic?
Credit & Loans
- Credit & Loans
- Personal Credit Rating
- FICO Scores
- Rebuilding Credit
- Absurd Math
- Worksheet: Bad Credit? How Can That Be?
- Assignment: Exam 2
Financing a Purchase
- Personal Bank Loans: A Helping Hand
- Consumer Loan Application
- Loan Agreement
- Loan Payment
- Worksheet: Personal Bank Loans
Investment & Savings
- 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
Invest for Success
- Investing and beyond
- Investing Basics
High Finance and Beyond
- The Stock Market
- Investing
- Worksheet: High Finance and Beyond
Taxes & Insurance
- Auto Insurance Basics
- Insurance
- Essay: Essay
Taxes
- Taxes
- Understanding Your Paycheck
- Net Pay, Income Taxes, and Other Deductions
- Earnings Statement
- Worksheet: TAX MAN
- Assignment: Filing a 1040 Form
- Assignment: Exam 4
