consumer math academic library (1st Semester)

CONSUMER MATH ONLINE (1ST SEMESTER)

​Consumer Math is an introduction to the many ways in which math can be used in everyday life. The course gives practical advice on how to handle situations that involve money and math principles.

​Consumer Math focuses on the basic skills and methods of arithmetic and provides students the opportunity to develop experience with algebraic techniques of evaluating variables and equations, including geometric formulas and interest equations. Students will also be introduced to topics in statistics. 
Consumer Math is a practical and excellent course, but does not meet the requirement as one of the four credits required in math for high school graduation.  Consumer Math is available as an elective. 
UNIT 1 - BASIC MATH REVIEW
UNIT 2 - PERSONAL FINANCE
  1. Course Overview
  2. Introduction
  3. Number Skills
  4. Signed Numbers and Measurement Scales
  5. A Consumer Application
  6. Division Review
  7. Quiz 1: Basic Operations
  8. Prime Numbers and Factors
  9. Factors and Products
  10. Fractions, LCM, and GCF
  11. Fractions
  12. Quiz 2: Fractions
  13. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  14. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions 
  15. Operations with Mixed Numbers
  16. Consumer Applications
  17. Quiz 3: Operations With Fractions
  18. A Ratio Scale, Decimals, and Number Bases
  19. Operations and Decimals
  20. ​Consumer Application, Metrics
  21. Quiz 4: Decimals
  22. Percent
  23. Base, Rate, Percentage
  24. Problem Solving
  25. Quiz 5: Percent
  26. Mental Problem Solving
  27. Final Review
  28. Test: Basic Math Review
  29. Alternate Test: Basic Math Review
  30. Reference
  1. Money (You will be introduced to concepts in this unit which will draw from your previous learning with applications to areas related to the consumer)
  2. Finding a Job
  3. Job Skills: Using Standard Units
  4. Job Skills: Using Metric Units
  5. Converting Systems
  6. Quiz 1: Job Skills
  7. Part and Full-Time Jobs
  8. Wages
  9. Payroll
  10. Payroll Deductions
  11. Other Deductions
  12. Quiz 2: Wages
  13. Self-Employment: Piecework
  14. Commission and Tips
  15. Retirement Planning
  16. Quiz 3: Other Income
  17. Story Problems with Review
  18. Test: Personal Finance
  19. Alternate Test: Personal Finance
  20. Reference
UNIT 3 - STATISTICS
​UNIT 4 - TAXES AND INSURANCE
  1. Home Budget
  2. Organizing Data
  3. Sets and Probability (I)
  4. Sets and Probability (II)
  5. Representing Data
  6. Quiz 1: Data
  7. Preparing a Cash Budget
  8. Using Records in Planning (This section will rely on your understanding of finding percent of an item. Review as necessary the material presented earlier on percents)
  9. A Home Business Application
  10. Quiz 2: Records
  11. Planning with Measures of Variations
  12. Using the Standard Normal Distribution
  13. Z-Scores and the Normal Distribution
  14. Quiz 3: Measures of Variation
  15. Sampling and Estimation
  16. A Balance Sheet
  17. Quiz 4: Balance Sheet
  18. Confidence Intervals
  19. Unit Review
  20. Test: Statistics
  21. Alternate Test: Statistics
  22. Reference
  1. Life Insurance
  2. Premiums
  3. Loans and Cash Value
  4. Health Insurance
  5. Project: Insurance
  6. Other Insurance
  7. Quiz 1: Insurance
  8. Taxes: Federal 1040
    • 1040EZ Tax Form (With a changing tax code it is likely this form has changed substantially)  
  9. Taxes: FICA
  10. Taxes: State 
  11. Quiz 2: Withholding
  12. Taxes: Local
  13. Taxes: Other
  14. Quiz 3: Taxes
  15. Review
  16. Test: Taxes and Insurance
  17. Alternate Test: Taxes and Insurance
  18. Reference
UNIT 5 - BANKING SERVICES AND INVESTMENTS
  1. Selecting a Bank
  2. Checking Accounts
  3. Savings Accounts
  4. Quiz 1: Accounts
  5. Reconciling Statements
  6. ATM'S
  7. Simple and Compound Interest
  8. Other Services
  9. Quiz 2: Services
  10. Financial Planning
  11. Stocks
  12. Bonds
  13. Mutual Funds
  14. Quiz 3: Investments
  15. Wills and Estates
  16. Project: Wills
  17. Distributing an Estate
  18. Quiz 4: Estate Planning
  19. Review
  20. Test: Banking Services and Investments
  21. Alternate Test: Banking Services and Investments
  22. Reference