January 2024 Edition

Provide your child with practical math skills for everyday use with LIFEPAC Consumer Math for grades 11-12! Topics taught include family finances, taxes, insurance, investments, travel, and a basic math review. Ten easy-to-follow worktexts include step-by-step instructions to build student comprehension.

Teaching self-discipline, LIFEPAC allows your child to learn independently with confidence, and motivating worktexts come as ten individual booklets so your child won't be intimidated by a large textbook. Don't wait any longer. Give your high schooler a firm foundation for building personal finance skills and order LIFEPAC Consumer Math from Alpha Omega Publications today.

This elective is appropriate for students who have completed Algebra I and Geometry.

In this course, students will study:

Personal financial planning
Money management
Financial institutions
Saving and investing
Consumer credit basics
Consumer lending basics
Smart consumer practices
Life and health insurance
Responsibility and financial planning

Course Objectives
Upon successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

Describe components of a financial plan, including establishing a budget.
Analyze how career choice, education, and skills affect income.
Set financial goals.
Describe strategies for spending wisely.
Compare tools, services, and resources of financial institutions.
Identify financial risks and strategies to minimize them.
Describe key features of different types of savings and investment accounts.
Understand how credit scores are developed.
Define key financial terms associated with credit cards.
Understand mortgage lending processes.
Compare renting vs. buying benefits and disadvantages.
Recognize their rights as a consumer.
Recognize options for life and health insurance.
Identify other types of insurance.
Use research and evaluation strategies to make financial decisions.

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