Teaching Money Applications to Make Mathematics Meaningful, Grades 7-12.

Offers teachers engaging ways to weave real-life financial issues and personal money management into NCTM standards-based secondary mathematics lessons while meeting equity and accountability requirements.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marquez, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Westbrook, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Math Locator: By Chapter and Teaching Examples Within Chapters
  • About the Authors
  • Chapter 1
  • Cars, Cars, and More Cars: Paying for Your Wheels
  • Chapter 2
  • Savings: Reality Check and the Difference Between Needs and Wants
  • Chapter 3
  • Credit Cards and Debt Management: Using Credit Seems Unreal
  • Chapter 4
  • Investments: The Basics and More
  • Chapter 5
  • Buying a House Versus Renting: How Much Will It Cost?
  • Chapter 6
  • Taxes: How They Work
  • Chapter 7
  • Economics: Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP
  • Chapter 8
  • In Business for Yourself: Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis
  • Selected List of Formulas
  • Excel Spreadsheet Hints
  • Money Glossary
  • Index.