MAT2000: Consumer Math

05/01/2023 to 04/30/2024 • Modified 06/08/2023

Course Description

This year-long course covers topics related to basic mathematical skills and then directs the student to apply those skills in real-life situations and problems. The student will review basic skills related to math operations and properties. The student will learn how to apply math in a variety of ways in order to be a better-educated and informed consumer. The course includes a survey of basic financial practices and computations that correlate to business and personal money management. The student will learn biblical stewardship and principles of generosity throughout the course.

Prerequisite

None

Schedule

Module 1: Basic Math Review

Week 1: Basic Adding and Subtracting
Week 2: Decimal Numbers, Estimating and Comparing Numbers
Week 3: Addition and Multiplication Properties and Fractions
Week 4: More on Fractions and Decimals

Module 2: Personal Financial Literacy

Week 5: Time Management
Week 6: Wages, Income, Expenses, Jobs, and Careers
Week 7: Budgets, Personal Accounting, and Taxes
Week 8: Recreation and Retirement

Module 3: Financial Institutions, Credit Basics, and Managing Debt

Week 9: Financial Institutions and their Services
Week 10: Credit and Being Responsible with Debt
Week 11: Credit Management and Biblical Ideas about Debt
Week 12: Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

Module 4: Survey of Insurance and Investment

Week 13: Basics of Insurance
Week 14: More on Insurance
Week 15: Saving and Investing

Module 5: Math and Retail Sales

Week 16: Retail, Pricing, and Percent
Week 17: Business Math
Week 18: Project Quiz, Test, and Semester Exam

Module 6: Ratios, Proportions, Unit Rate, and Cost Analysis

Week 19: Ratios and Rates
Week 20: Proportions
Week 21: Scale Factor, Unit Scale, and Scale Drawings

Module 7: Math in the Workplace

Week 22: Standard Units of Measure
Week 23: Measurement and Conversions
Week 24: Construction Math
Week 25: More on Construction and Simple Machines
Week 26: Real Estate and Homeowners

Module 8: Data Analysis and Statistics

Week 27: Data and Deviations
Week 28: Representing Data
Week 29: Representing Data (continued)
Week 30: Data Analysis, Graphs, and Misleading Data

Module 9: Geometry and Trigonometry

Week 31: Geometry, Angles, and Triangles
Week 32: Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Polygons
Week 33: Two and Three Dimensional Objects
Week 34: Functions, Equations, and Slope

Module 10: Jobs, Leisure, Retirement, and Travel

Week 35: Retirement
Week 36: Social Security, Benefits, and Assessment