Consumer Math

Course Description:

Topics addressed are hourly wages, salary, net pay, cash purchases, checking accounts, savings accounts, charge accounts, loans, owning an automobile, modes of transportation, leisure and recreation, buying a house, housing costs, energy, personal services, nutrition, home budgeting, taxes, insurance, investments, and economics.

Prerequisites:

Must be a junior or senior.

Textbook Used:

Harmeyer, K., (2003) Consumer mathematics, Circle Plaines, MN, AGS Publishing
 
Units Covered:

• Earning Money
• Buying Food
• Buying Clothes
• Buying and Maintaining a Car
• Working with Food
• Traveling
• Budgeting Your Money
• Banking and Investing
• Taxes
• Housing Options