Teaching money applications to make mathematics meaningful : grades 7-12 / Elizabeth Marquez, Paul Westbrook ; foreword by Charlotte Danielson

By:

Marquez, Elizabeth

Contributor(s):

Westbrook, Paul

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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 152 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:

9781412941389 (cloth)
9781412941396 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

372.7 MAR B 22

LOC classification:

QA11.2 .M2675 2007

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Table of contents only

Contents:

Foreword by Charlotte 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

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Includes index.

Foreword by Charlotte 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

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