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Students learn personal investing skills.

 
 

INVESTMENT OPTIONS:

Where should you Invest your Money?

 

Learn how much to invest in different options.

 

Objectives:

  • The student will be able to use the simple interest formula I = prt to calculate Total Interest.
  • The student will be able to use algebra and let X represent an amount of money.
  • The student will be able to construct an i = prt table that will contain given information and variable representations.
  • The student will be able to determine the amount of principal invested in two options given the total principal, interest rates, time, and desired Total Interest amount.

Standards:  NCTM Standards:  1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Suggested Grades: Eighth Grade - Ninth Grade - Tenth Grade - Eleventh Grade - Twelfth Grade - High School - College - Business Education

 

 

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Teaching Materials:

Procedure:

1.  Warm-up:  Review converting decimals to percent.  (The student will need to convert decimals to percent in investment calculations.)

2.  Motivate the Lesson:  Ask students if they have ever invested money.  Have their parents invested money?  What types of investment options are available (savings accounts, loans, CD, stocks, etc.)

Ask the students how they can calculate the amount of money they can earn from an investment.  Introduce the simple interest formula I = prt.  Demonstrate how to use the simple interest formula for ONE investment.

An example would be:  Find the simple interest earned when you invest $10,000 at 5% for 1 year.                                                           
i = prt
i = (10,000)(0.05)(1)
i = $500

Ask the students how they can use this formula with TWO investment options.

3.  Proceed with the “Question of the Day”.  Explain that you are going to solve real world money problems.

4.  Verify that the students understand how to define the variable X and construct the i=prt tables by having them try the second sample on their own.

5.  Have the students complete the “Investment Options Worksheet” for homework.

 

 

 

 

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