Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Calculating Simple Interest

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How much is owed? A calculated resource introduces the simple interest formula with a video that describes how to use it. Classmates then show what they know by answering questions within a simple interest worksheet.
Handout
Curated OER

Finance Formulas Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Keep your finances straight—more like finance formulas straight—with a well-organized formula guide full of everything you need. Starting with simple interest and ending with future and present value, this sheet can be...
Assessment
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Simple and Compound Interest

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Your learners will get lots of practice calculating simple and compound interest by the end of this lesson. Simple explanations and examples lead learners through the concepts and steps of calculating simple and compound interest...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Simple Interest

For Students 7th - 8th
In this simple interest worksheet, students use the interest formula to find missing values. They determine interest, principal, interest rates, and time borrowed. This one-page worksheet contains 12 problems.
Handout
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Interest and the Number “e”

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Make a connection between different types of interest and how they are calculated! This algebra II lesson progresses from simple interest to compound interest to continually compounded interest. Formulas are developed rather than given,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratio, Rates and Percentages

For Students 8th
In this ratio, rates and percentages worksheet, 8th graders solve 22 various types of problems related to ratios, rates and percentages. They first write ratios in lowest terms and describe each of comparison stated. Students also solve...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating Interest

For Students 7th
In this calculating interest instructional activity, 7th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the simple interest in each box. First, they identify and define the terms for finding the simple interest in each....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Interest Problems

For Students 8th - 9th
In this interest problem worksheet, students read investment problems and determine necessary information. They compute the amount of simple interest earned, find the principal, or determine the time. They identify the principal,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mathematics Test Book 3

For Students 10th - 12th
In this mathematics learning exercise, students solve problems involving the Pythagorean Theorem, simple interest, distance formula and measurement conversions.  This 20-page learning exercise contains 10 multi-step problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Topics in Math

For Students 10th - 11th
For this consumer mathematics worksheet, students explore a variety of topics in mathematics including simple interest, perimeter, area, volume, translating words into symbols, percentage problems and mortgage calculations. The fourteen...
Worksheet
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Curated OER

Practice: Word Problems

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Congratulations, you've just hit the word problem jackpot! Covering an incredible range of topics from integers and fractions, to percents, geometry, and much more, this collection of worksheets will keep young mathematicians...
Lesson Plan
Dick Blick Art Materials

Start with a Circle...

For Students K - 12th
The Golden Ratio. The Divine Proportion. Yup. It's math and art blended into one colorful activity. Young artists combine colored tissue paper circles and parts of circles to create geometric patterns. As a bonus, kids get to figure out...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

Newton's Second Law

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Physics formulas provide more interest than simple math equations thanks to an informative installment from the series on Newton's laws of motion. The formulas guide pupils' thinking about how varying a quantity affects the rest of the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

NY State Testing Program

For Students 8th
In this math exam activity, 8th graders review geometric and algebraic concept including angles, polygons, equations, factoring and addition and subtraction, quadrilaterals, trig and circles. They take a comprehensive exam...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra review lesson, students work review problems to get ready for their exam.  There are 16 worksheets in this booklet.
Assessment
1
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California Education Partners

Linflower Seeds

For Students 7th Standards
How does your garden grow? Use proportions to help Tim answer that question. By using their understanding of proportional relationships, pupils determine the number of seeds that will sprout. They create their own linear...
Assessment
1
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California Education Partners

Animals of Rhomaar

For Students 7th Standards
Investigate the growth rates of alien animals. Pupils study fictional animals from another planet to determine how much they grow per year. The investigators plot the growth of their animals over a period of time and then compare...
Assessment
1
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California Education Partners

Speedy Texting

For Students 7th Standards
Model the effects of practice on texting speed. Pupils develop a linear equation that models the change in texting speed based on the amount of practice. The sixth performance task in an eight-part series requires learners to solve...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program Grade 8 Mathematics Test

For Students 8th
In this eighth grade mathematics worksheet, 8th graders are presented with questions indicative of those on the eighth grade mathematics examination.  The twelve page worksheet contains six free response questions that cover a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program Mathematics Test Book 3

For Students 8th
In this eighth grade worksheet, 8th graders assess their knowledge of the major topics of algebra and geometry covered in eighth grade.   The lesson contains twelve questions and a mathematics reference sheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program Math Release questions grade 8

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra and geometry worksheet, students solve seven varying math problems.  This worksheet will help prepare students for standardized tests covering algebra and geometry.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Probability that God Exists

For Students 9th - 12th
In this probability worksheet, students are presented with how a scientist calculated the chance that God exists. References to scientists, mathematicians, and books are made.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Simple Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide for learning all about simple interest with definitions, simple interest formula, loans, solved examples, and practice questions.
Activity
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Simple Interest

For Students 9th - 10th
This AAA Math lesson contains an explanation of simple interest and the formula for calculating simple interest. Links to practice problems and learning games.