Material Detail

A lesson for grades 5-12, designed to teach students to use basic math to determine affordability of a home based on a given income; calculate decimal placement for currency, percentages and interest; estimate affordability based on income; investigate different careers and their salary ranges; understand and calculate percentage, interest rates; understand gross income; calculate and understand taxes, withholdings and deductions; calculate net income; and understand and compute the expense and cost concept. From the Practical and Applied Math section of a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons by the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement.

Disciplines:

• Mathematics and Statistics  / Mathematics