In this KQED infographic, find out how much an adult in different-sized households needs to make to pay for basic monthly living expenses. In the accompanying classroom activity, students solve real-life problems involving rate and ratio...

A calculator based on the compound interest formula that can be used to determine the Present Value, the Future Value, the Interest Rate, or the Number of Periods. You can select the type of compounding, the effective annual rate, and...

CNN special report that provides an abundance of material on social security issues. Topics include social security reform, retirement planning, a retirement calculator tool, President Bush's economic agenda, and more. Very informative...

The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....

Generate a quiz of money word problems in a real-life context. Students will use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve the problem. An assessment summary is given at the end of the quiz, and students may review...

Practical skills in finance and economics teach students about saving, budgeting, and retirement. Students can calculate what it takes to become a millionaire based on their age and income.

Explore your own financial information in greater detail by using these powerful tools for forecasting and assessing your financial choices. During the process, you might discover expenses you can eliminate or more effective ways to...

Practice what you have learned about the money multiplier in this four-question exercise, including calculating the simple money multiplier and applying the money multiplier to changes in the money supply.

Conversion calculators for English language learners. Includes calculators for converting temperature, currency, measurement, time, distances, and percentages. Java is required.

Students review a pay stub from a sample paycheck to understand the real-world effect of taxes and deductions on the amount of money they take home.

In this seven-question exercise, practice calculating key outcomes, reading balance sheets, and drawing conclusions about what banks can do in the expansion of the money supply.

You may have seen the term APR, or annual percentage rate, used in reference to everything from mortgages and auto loans to credit cards. In this piece, we look at credit card APRs which you've probably seen listed on your monthly...

Test your bargin shopping skills by figuring out which discount offers the greatest savings. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series that focuses on understanding and calculating percentages. Connections...

These interactive vocabulary words pertain to words one would need to know in dealing with money. Pop-ups play audio with Spanish pronunciation and display correct spelling when the mouse is moved over each illustration.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Analyze whether monetary policy decisions should be made more democratically; Calculate the velocity of money; Evaluate the central bank's influence on inflation,...

By the end of this section, you will be able to contrast nominal GDP and real GDP, explain the GDP deflator, and calculate real GDP based on nominal GDP values.

Money games where children work out which coins will buy toy shop items and where they can calculate change. Has different levels of difficulty.

Explore PBS's "On The Money," program for teens to investigate teens & money, budgeting, bank accounts, credit cards, calculators, and moneymaking ideas.

Engaging, fun tutorials and interactive games related to earning, spending, saving, and budgeting money.

Test your knowledge of multiplication and division.

In this real-world context, 6th graders are given the ratio of Jim's money to Jesse's and the amounts they have spent so far on a road trip, and they must calculate what each person had at the start of the trip. Aligns with 6.RP.A.3.

Students will be able to make economically sound purchasing decisions by using unit pricing, calculating discounts, and analyzing fixed and variable costs.

Join Carlos in his soccer game and help him with some multiplication and estimation problems.

Do movie theaters make lots of money? You can find out when you try this math challenge that explores profit and loss in the theater industry. Discover why understanding problem solving, percent, and basic calculations are essential in...