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Compound Interest per Period: Credit Card Payment InteractiveCompound Interest per Period: Credit Card Payment Interactive
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CK-12 Foundation
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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Interactives
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Duration
45 mins
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Compound Interest per Period: Credit Card Payment

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Credit cards can be convenient, but are they worth it? Future consumers learn about compound interest and credit card payments. They use an interactive to create a table that shows the remaining balance after each month.

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Concepts

compound interest, credit cards, financial literacy

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Team with a computer teacher to use spreadsheets for computing compound interest

Classroom Considerations

  • A free CK-12 account is necessary to access the interactive
  • Learners must be familiar with compound interest

Pros

  • Includes both review and challenge questions
  • Provides enough examples to completely understand the topic

Cons

  • None

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