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Credit Cards Lesson PlanCredit Cards Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
10th - 12th
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Math
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Duration
45 mins
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Credit Cards

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Teach adolescents to use credit responsibly. The 32nd installment of a 35-part module covers how to calculate credit card payments using a geometric series. It teaches terminology and concepts necessary to understand credit card debt.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

credit cards, borrowing, geometric series, financial literacy

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Have the class research APRs on credit cards
  • Consider using spreadsheets to calculate payments

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson builds on formulas from previous lessons; be sure pupils are comfortable with these formulas

Pros

  • Lesson covers an important financial literacy topic
  • Teacher resource includes step-by-step explanations for all problems

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSA-SSE.B.4 HSF-IF.C.9 HSF-LE.B.5

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