Consumer Math
A-MAT1250
This course may be taken two years in a row. The curriculum combines practical applications of number sense, fractions, ratios, decimals and percent’s with everyday life contexts. Topics may include managing credit, banking, comparison shopping, budgeting, taxes, buying a car, and renting an apartment while using decimals, ratios, percent’s and comparing the relative size of numbers. Successful completion of the course will help prepare students for mathematics at technical school or at work and for living independently. Incoming students should be able to compare and order decimals.
- Recommended Grades: 11-12
- Course Number: A-MAT1250
- Credits: 1 credit