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Summary
Summary
"GREAT content, GREAT activities, GREAT explanations!" --Joyce Deer, Math Teacher, North Pike High School, Summit, MS
"A valuable addition to the literature on the practical use of mathematics in the real world. This book will contribute to the improvement of monetary connections within secondary mathematics as well as financial literacy in our country." --Edward C. Nolan, Mathematics Department Chair, Albert Einstein High School, Kensington, MD
Use real-life money issues to raise students′ mathematical and financial literacy!
Research has solidly established the importance of teaching mathematics in contexts that capture student interest and involvement. Weaving real-world financial issues into secondary mathematics instruction, this highly practical book offers teachers engaging ways to infuse personal money management into NCTM standards-based math lessons.
Using authentic material from daily life, the authors illustrate instructional strategies that connect required mathematical concepts with basic money matters, giving students a solid understanding of financial realities essential to successful everyday living. This resource meets the expanding demands for equity and accountability and:
Relates math to credit cards, paying taxes, stocks & bonds, mortgages, buying a car, and much more Expands teachers′ knowledge of basic financial concepts Provides suggestions for projects to extend the concepts learned Includes a math locator, glossary of money terms, comprehensive index, and summary of formulasThis valuable guide gives teachers, math coaches, and curriculum specialists the resources they need to make math come alive in the classroom and to develop financially savvy students.
Table of Contents
| ForewordCharlotte Danielson |
| Introduction |
| Math Locator |
| About the Authors |
| 1 Cars, Cars, and More Cars: Paying for Your Wheels |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Buying Cars |
| Teaching Example 1.1 Car Costs |
| Teaching Example 1.2 MPG Plus |
| Teaching Example 1.3 Buy or Lease |
| 2 Savings: Reality Check and the Difference Between Needs and Wants |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Savings |
| Teaching Example 2.1 Budgets and Savings |
| Teaching Example 2.2 Future Value: A Geometric Sequence |
| Teaching Example 2.3 Annuities: A Geometric Series |
| 3 Credit Cards and Debt Management: Using Credit Seems Unreal |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Credit and Debit Cards |
| Teaching Example 3.1 Calculating Minimum Monthly Payments |
| Teaching Example 3.2 Credit Card Payoff: A Spreadsheet |
| 4 Investments: The Basics and More |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Investments |
| Teaching Example 4.1 Stock Prices and Percents |
| Teaching Example 4.2 Analyzing Graphs of Stock Prices |
| Teaching Example 4.3 Statistics of Stock I: Measures of Center, Standard Deviation, Normal Distribution |
| Teaching Example 4.4 Statistics of Stock II: Weighted Average, Correlation, Line of Best Fit |
| 5 Buying a House Versus Renting: How Much Will It Cost? |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Buying a House and Renting an Apartment |
| Teaching Example 5.1 Budgeting for a Down Payment |
| Teaching Example 5.2 Determining Mortgage Payments: Tables, Formulas, Spreadsheets |
| Teaching Example 5.3 Principal and Interest Functions |
| 6 Taxes: How They Work |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Basics of Income Taxes--Federal and State |
| Teaching Example 6.1 Income Tax and FICA |
| Teaching Example 6.2 Capital Gains and Losses |
| Teaching Example 6.3 How Uncle Sam Uses Tax Dollars |
| 7 Economics: Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: Economics, Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP |
| Teaching Example 7.1 Supply and Demand Functions |
| Teaching Example 7.2 Inflation and the GDP |
| 8 In Business for Yourself: Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis |
| NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
| Background: In Business for Yourself--A Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis |
| Teaching Example 8.1 Starting a Business: Pro Forma Income Statement |
| Teaching Example 8.2 Revenue, Costs, and Break-Even Points |
| Selected List of Formulas |
| Excel Spreadsheet Hints |
| Money Glossary |
| Index |
