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Calculating Simple Interest
Interest can be both a best friend and an enemy...show your learners how it can manifest through this set of 10 word problems. For each, they calculate time, principle, interest, or rate and choose an answer from multiple choice...
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Investing for the Future
Twelfth graders perform basic calculations for saving and investment strategies. they simulate the investment of $1,000 in the stock market and savings account. they determine which pays the greater dividend.
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Investment Problems
In this investment problem worksheet, students read story problems and use the interest formula to determine the total amount invested, or rate of return. This one-page worksheet contains six problems, with answers.
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Arithmetic Sequences 1.6
In this arithmetic sequences worksheet, students solve 45 short answer, multiple choice, and graphing problems. Students find the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. Students solve systems of equations using elimination. Students find...
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M & M Interesting
Students compute and collect interest payments in the form of M&M candies. In this mathematics lesson, students work in small groups to compute either simple or compound interest. They compare the growth of their accounts after six...
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Simple and Compound Interest
In this simple and compound interest worksheet, students find the ending balance to simple interest problems. They determine the total value of investments compounded over a period of years. This four-page worksheet contains 20 interest...
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FILLING EMPTY POCKETS: BORROWING, LOANS AND CREDIT.
Students learn that maintaining financial security takes a good math understanding. In this lesson, students apply mathematical formulas to make important financial decisions like getting the right loan to buy a house, decide which...
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Simple Interest
In this simple interest instructional activity, students calculate the interest, price, rate, and time for word problems. Students complete 3 problems total.
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?
Students explore saving and investing money. In this middle school personal finance lesson, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and compound interest. ...
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Mathematics Test Book 3
In this mathematics worksheet, students solve problems involving the Pythagorean Theorem, simple interest, distance formula and measurement conversions. This 20-page worksheet contains 10 multi-step problems.
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Compound Interest
Young scholars solve compound interest problems. In this solving compound interest problems lesson, students use TVM Solver on the Ti-83 Plus. Young scholars find the future value of a principal amount at a given interest rate compounded...
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The Business of Interest
Students explore the concept of simple and compound interest. In this interest lesson, students discuss how interest works on a loan. Students calculate simple and compound interest on loans of fictitious characters from a video.
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Simple Interest
In this simple interest worksheet, students use the interest formula to find missing values. They determine interest, principal, interest rates, and time borrowed. This one-page worksheet contains 12 problems.
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Calculating Interest
In this calculating interest instructional activity, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the simple interest in each box. First, they identify and define the terms for finding the simple interest in each....
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Percents
In this percents worksheet, students solve 5 different problems that include determining various percents. First, they determine the percent of increase in population over a year. Then, students determine the sales tax of a product...
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Algebra Word Problems
In this inequality word problem worksheet, students solve ten word problems related to algebra and inequalities. They first determine how many pounds of cheese it would take to make a specific amount of grated cheese topping. Students...
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Simple Interest
Eighth graders practice finding simple interest and apply their findings to real-world situations. They work with percents in the form of commission and sales taxes. After completing an assignment during independent practice, they are...
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Topics in Math
In this consumer mathematics activity, students explore a variety of topics in mathematics including simple interest, perimeter, area, volume, translating words into symbols, percentage problems and mortgage calculations. The fourteen...
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Leveled Problem Solving Simple Interest
In this simple interest worksheet, students use leveled problem solving and solve the six problems that contain numbers for simple interest.