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Compounding with 100% Interest Rates Lesson PlanCompounding with 100% Interest Rates Lesson Plan
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9th - 12th
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Compounding with 100% Interest Rates

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Your young economists will be amazed at the effect of compounding interest more frequently in this collaborative task about making sound financial choices. Learners are walked through the calculations of a couple of examples and then expected to continue the calculations in a table of values.

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CCSS: Designed

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compounding interest, interest calculation, math

Instructional Ideas

  • Further models of compounding interest, especially examples including credit cards, would be a great next lesson

Common Core

HSF-BF.A.1.a MP4 MP8

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