Teach your students to become well-informed consumers This attractive, fun-to-use full-color textbook presents basic math skills through direct application to important everyday situations—paying taxes, buying food, banking and investing, managing a household, and shopping for clothes. Each problem is presented with a step-by-step solution to help students become informed consumers.Features: Written in clear, simple language with numerous practice exercises to allow for a variety of... Read full description

Teach your students to become well-informed consumers

This attractive, fun-to-use full-color textbook presents basic math skills through direct application to important everyday situations—paying taxes, buying food, banking and investing, managing a household, and shopping for clothes. Each problem is presented with a step-by-step solution to help students become informed consumers.

Features:

• Written in clear, simple language with numerous practice exercises to allow for a variety of applications
• Problem solving and word problems that encourage students to relate their skills to real-life situations
• Calculator activities to extend chapter content
• Practical, relevant activities such as comparison shopping and figuring interest rates to make math real
• Chapter Openers that relate skills to real-life applications
• Correlates with NTCM standards

Table of Contents: Earning Money, Buying Food, Shopping for Clothes, Managing a Household, Buying and Maintaining a Car, Working with Food, Improving Your Home, Traveling, Budgeting Your Money, Banking and Investing, Paying Taxes, and Preparing for Careers.

The Student Workbook provides necessary practice and reinforcement activities.

The Teacher’s Resource Library CD-ROM contains the Student Workbook offering dozens of reinforcement activities (also available in print), Self-Study Guide for students wanting to work at their own pace, two forms of chapter tests, plus midterm and final tests. Just select and print out the materials as needed. Everything is reproducible. For Windows and Macintosh.

With the new Skill Track Software CD-ROM Program, students can review each lesson and/or chapter within the textbook at their own pace. Includes over 1,000 multiple choice items that directly relate to the textbook’s content. Built-in teacher management software allows the instructor to track student progress and print reports. Plan lessons that target the skills your students need to work on, and use to communicate effectively with individual students. For Windows and Macintosh.

The comprehensive, Wraparound Teacher’s Edition provides instructional strategies at point of use. Everything from preparation guidelines to teaching tips and strategies are included in an easy-to-use format. Reproducible activities are featured at point of use for convenience.

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