Power Basics: Consumer Math, Second Edition

Help students see how math measures up!
Grade Level: 6-12 Readability: Grade 4

Uses a step-by-step approach to strengthen money-management skills
Explains how to spend wisely and create a balanced budget
Demystifies concepts such as getting a loan and establishing good credit
Teaches crucial life skills such as buying insurance and filling a tax return

Program Outline
Sample Pages
State Standards Correlations (Separate Window)
Pricing & Ordering

Power Up Your Consumer Math Curriculum!
Learners are guided toward mastery of consumer math concepts. Through practice, review, word problems, and real-world activities, this program is designed to assure that students of all abilities master consumer math. Power Basics’ on-level content and below-level readability pack a powerful punch.

Designed to provide students with on-level content at a controlled reading level, the Power Basics^® program includes the following components: Student Text, Workbook, Test Pack, and accompanying teacher guide or answer key for all components. This powerful program:

Enables student mastery of core content that meets the standards
Supports differentiation and all levels of learning
Includes student-friendly design in a small, lightweight, soft-cover text
Features extensive practice and review and frequent opportunities for assessment
Includes Student Text, Workbook, Test Pack, and Answer Key
ALSO AVAILABLE in reproducible Classroom Kits containing:
Student Text, Student Text Teacher¹s Guide, Workbook, Workbook Answer Key, and Test Pack

Outline

Power Basic Consumer Math Student Book Pages: 225

Unit 1: Dollars and Sense
Lesson 1: Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lesson 2: Making Change in Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Lesson 3: Making Change in Dollars and Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lesson 4: Using Larger Amounts of Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unit 2: Spending Wisely
Lesson 5: How to Comparison Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lesson 6: Discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lesson 7: Unit Pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lesson 8: Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unit 3: Borrowing Wisely
Lesson 9: Loan Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Lesson 10: Interest Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lesson 11: Comparison Shopping for Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lesson 12: Establishing Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Unit 4: Banking, Insurance, and Taxes
Lesson 13: Checking Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lesson 14: Savings Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Lesson 15: Income Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Lesson 16: Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

State Standards Correlations (Separate Window)

Sample Pages

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Pricing & Ordering

Power Basics: Consumer Math
Item #	Product Description	Price	Buy Now
017-R109	Classroom Kit (Reproducible)	$299.99
	Classroom Kit contains: 1 Binder, 1 Student book, 1 Student book Teacher's guide, 1 Workbook, 1 Workbook answer key, 1 Test Pack (all reproducible)
017-R104	Student Guide, 225 pages	$25.99
017-R105	Teacher Guide	$6.99
017-R106	Student Workbook	$15.99
017-R107	Test Pack	$19.99

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