Math Tools Browse

Resource Name	Topic (Course)	Technology	Type	$?	Rating
Browsing: All Content in Financial Education for Income and Careers Browse discussions			Login to Subscribe / Save Results
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Careers (Financial Education)+	Fathom	Activity		[0]
An activity using the E-STAT web site’s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Earning (Financial Education)+	Fathom	Activity		[0]
What are the advantages of staying in school? From time to time, students wonder whether their academic efforts will be useful to them in the long term. Students will attempt to determine if there ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Math Insight - Digging Dirt	Earning (Financial Education)+	Java Applet	Activity		[0]
An application problem that asks students to help an excavation company prepare a bid for one of their clients by calculating what they should charge to dig a hole. To solve the problem students must ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
When Gas Was a Quarter!	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Activity		[0]
This is the student page that goes with the When Gas Was a Quarter! lesson plan. In this exercise, students explore the following questions: Why does everything cost so much more now, compared to when... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Real Estate Tycoon	Jobs (Financial Education)	Computer	Lesson Plan		[0]
In this year-long project, students design, "build," and "sell" a house; after which they simulate investment of the profits in the stock market. Along the way, students make scale drawings, compute w... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
When Gas Was a Quarter	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Lesson Plan		[0]
Why do things cost so much more now than they used to? Students will find out about inflation in the United States. With this lesson, students will use the Consumer Price Index and explore inflation ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
What Americans Are Really Payi...	Inflation (Financial Education)	Computer	Support Material		[0]
By adjusting for the inflation that occurred from 1980 to 2010, this Businessweek.com article reveals just how much the relative cost of 35 consumer goods and services has increased -- or decreased. C... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Compare Prices During the Grea...	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Support Material		[0]
How much did toys and clothing cost during the Great Depression of the 1930s? What would they cost today? Look at the Then and Now: Prices table below. In the left column is a list of women's clot... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Consumer Price Index (Estimate...	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Support Material		[0]
This page has data on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases CPI data m... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Consumer Price Index, 1913-	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Support Material		[0]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases CPI data monthly. This table pro... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
DataFerrett: For TheDataWeb	Earning (Financial Education)	Computer	Tool		[3]
DataFerrett is a data mining and extraction tool that works with TheDataWeb, a network of online data libraries. Topics include economics, health, income and unemployment, population, labor, cancer,... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
How much did it cost back in?	Inflation (Financial Education)	Computer	Tool		[0]
This WolframAlpha widget calculates and displays the current value of a historical amount of money. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Payday	Careers (Financial Education)+	Computer	Tool	$	[1]
How much do a school teacher & LeBron James make in a year? Explore not only how much people earn each year, but also each day, hour and minute. How long would a teacher have to work to earn what LeBr... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Tip Jar	Careers (Financial Education)+	Computer	Tool		[0]
What's the deal with all the tip calculators in the App Store? Is calculating 15% hard? Nope, and this lesson uses percents to explore the math of eating--and working--in a restaurant, from leaving ti... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Paycheck	Earning (Financial Education)+	Excel	Tool		[0]
Students calculate net income and discover how much money they pay in taxes and for benefits in the process. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
College Savings Calculator	Education (Financial Education)+	Java Applet	Tool		[0]
Use our College Savings calculator to determine the amount you must invest each year to have enough money to cover all college costs. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inf...	Inflation (Financial Education)	Java Applet	Tool		[0]
This is an inflation calculator for adjusting costs from one year to another using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation index. This inflation calculator is based on the average inflation index dur... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Inflation in the USA	Inflation (Financial Education)	Java Applet	Tool		[0]
Compare the value of American dollars in prior years to American dollars today. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Graph of the US Income Distrib...	Income (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Tool		[2]
Interact with a graph displaying family income across the population using a football field as the context. The height of the curve at any point is the height of a stack of $100 bills equaling that in... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Gross Domestic Product Deflato...	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Tool		[0]
This is an inflation calculator for adjusting costs from one year to another using the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Deflator inflation index. This inflation calculator is based on the inflation rate d... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
NASA New Start Index Inflation...	Inflation (Financial Education)	JavaScript	Tool		[0]
This is an inflation calculator for adjusting costs from one year to another using the NASA New Start Inflation Index. This inflation calculator is based on the inflation rate during the US Government... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Payroll Deductions Calculator	Earning (Financial Education)+	JavaScript	Tool		[0]
Use this calculator to help you determine the impact of changing your payroll deductions. You can enter your current payroll information and deductions, and then compare them to your proposed deductio... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Million Dollar Mission	Earning (Financial Education)	Spreadsheet	Tool		[1]
This is the famous "doubling pennies" problem. Students will study exponential growth. The activity is designed for students to work independently, or in groups with guidance from the teacher. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Miranda and the Rookie	Earning (Financial Education)+	Spreadsheet	Technology PoW		[6]
Use a spreadsheet to compare salaries of the star basketball player and the rookie. NOTE: A free login is required. Sign up using the link on the login page, or use your existing K... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Page 1