Federal Reserve Bank
Purchasing a Vehicle
Start your engines! Prevent negative car buying experiences by arming pupils with information. Prepare your young drivers to make informed decisions when they are ready to purchase a car. All aspects are considered from the type of car...
Curated OER
Real Life Challenge- Give Me Credit!
In this credit learning exercise, students calculate the value of 4 different loans before completing a table about credit card offers advertised in newspapers, magazine, or junk mail.
Curated OER
Buy or Lease an Automobile
Students gather information on 3 new cars they would like to buy or lease, and use mathematical comparisons to decide whether to buy or lease the car.
Curated OER
Making Money Work For You
Students differentiate between saving and investing money. In this algebra lesson plan, students compare different investment options, recognizing the risks and rewards of investing and integrate investing into their financial planning.
Illustrative Mathematics
Combined Fuel Efficiency
Practice simplifying complex fractions and long division of polynomials with this brief exercise. These four questions make a challenging warm-up activity or a short, but comprehensive, follow-up after a detailed lesson on algebraic...
Curated OER
Percent Applications
In this percent applications worksheet, students complete a total of 10 problems that involve calculating percentages. A reference web site is given.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Car Loan Project
This activity takes students through the process of buying a car. A great real-life application that helps introduce students to all of the nuances associated with purchasing a car, such as interest rates, loan applications, and...
Other
Car Ads: Low Interest Loans & Other Offers
This page, provided by a law firm, gives Federal Trade Commission warnings on advertised low-interest rates and questions to consider before signing for a low-interest rate.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Show Me the Money!
Students will investigate unforeseen costs of car loans and/or house loans. They will then evaluate the economics of decision making, the ramifications of their choices, and options available to them. Students will compute costs and...