Foreword by Charlotte Danielson |
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1. Cars, Cars, and More Cars: Paying for Your Wheels |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Buying Cars |
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Teaching Example 1.1. Car Costs |
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Teaching Example 1.2. MPG Plus |
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Teaching Example 1.3. Buy or Lease |
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2. Savings: Reality Check and the Difference Between Needs and Wants |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Savings |
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Teaching Example 2.1. Budgets and Savings |
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Teaching Example 2.2. Future Value: A Geometric Sequence |
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Teaching Example 2.3. Annuities: A Geometric Series |
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3. Credit Cards and Debt Management: Using Credit Seems Unreal |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Credit and Debit Cards |
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Teaching Example 3.1. Calculating Minimum Monthly Payments |
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Teaching Example 3.2. Credit Card Payoff: A Spreadsheet |
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4. Investments: The Basics and More |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Investments |
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Teaching Example 4.1. Stock Prices and Percents |
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Teaching Example 4.2: Analyzing Graphs of Stock Prices |
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Teaching Example 4.3. Statistics of Stock I: Measures of Center, Standard Deviation, Normal Distribution |
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Teaching Example 4.4. Statistics of Stock II: Weighted Average, Correlation, Line of Best Fit |
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5. Buying a House Versus Renting: How Much Will It Cost? |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Buying a House and Renting an Apartment |
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Teaching Example 5.1. Budgeting for a Down Payment |
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Teaching Example 5.2. Determining Mortgage Payments: Tables, Formulas, Spreadsheets |
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Teaching Example 5.3. Principal and Interest Functions |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Basics of Income Taxes--Federal and State |
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Teaching Example 6.1. Income Tax and FICA |
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Teaching Example 6.2. Capital Gains and Losses |
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Teaching Example 6.3. How Uncle Sam Uses Tax Dollars |
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7. Economics: Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: Economics, Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP |
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Teaching Example 7.1. Supply and Demand Functions |
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Teaching Example 7.2.: Inflation and the GDP |
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8. In Business for Yourself: Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis |
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NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter |
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Background: In Business for Yourself--A Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis |
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Teaching Example 8.1. Starting a Business: Pro Forma Income Statement |
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Teaching Example 8.2. Revenue, Costs, and Break-Even Points |
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Selected List of Formulas |
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