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Consumer arithmetic (Year 9)
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of using percentages to calculate profit and loss and other financial calculations. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
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Year level(s) | Year 8, Year 9 |
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Audience | Teacher, School Leader |
Purpose | Content knowledge |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Keywords | interest, profit, loss, percentage, GST, tax, explicit teaching |
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Strand and focus | Number |
Topics | Money and financial mathematics |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA189
Solve problems involving profit and loss, with and without digital technologies
ACMNA211
Solve problems involving simple interest
ACMNA229
Connect the compound interest formula to repeated applications of simple interest using appropriate digital technologies
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | AMSI |
Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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