MAT 2000: Consumer Math
05/01/2025 to 05/30/2026 • Modified 09/24/2025Course Description
This year-long course covers topics related to basic mathematical skills and then directs the student to apply those skills in real-life situations and problems. The student will review basic skills related to math operations and properties. The student will learn how to apply math in a variety of ways in order to be a better-educated and informed consumer. The course includes a survey of basic financial practices and computations that correlate to business and personal money management. The student will learn biblical stewardship and principles of generosity throughout the course.
Prerequisite
Pre-Algebra
Schedule
Module 1: Basic Math Review
- Week 1: Basic Adding and Subtracting
- Week 2: Decimal Numbers, Estimating and Comparing Numbers
- Week 3: Addition and Multiplication Properties and Fractions
- Week 4: More on Fractions and Decimals
Module 2: Personal Financial Literacy
- Week 5: Time Management
- Week 6: Wages, Income, Expenses, Jobs, and Careers
- Week 7: Budgets, Personal Accounting, and Taxes
- Week 8: Recreation and Retirement
Module 3: Financial Institutions, Credit Basics, & Managing Debt
- Week 9: Financial Institutions and their Services
- Week 10: Credit and Being Responsible with Debt
- Week 11: Credit Management and Biblical Ideas about Debt
- Week 12: Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
Module 4: Survey of Insurance & Investment
- Week 13: Basics of Insurance
- Week 14: More on Insurance
- Week 15: Saving and Investing
Module 5: Math & Retail Sales
- Week 16: Retail, Pricing, and Percent
- Week 17: Business Math
- Week 18: Project Quiz, Test, and Semester Exam
Module 6: Ratios, Proportions, Unit Rate, & Cost Analysis
- Week 19: Ratios and Rates
- Week 20: Proportions
- Week 21: Scale Factor, Unit Scale, and Scale Drawings
Module 7: Math in the Workplace
- Week 22: Standard Units of Measure
- Week 23: Measurement and Conversions
- Week 24: Construction Math
- Week 25: More on Construction and Simple Machines
- Week 26: Real Estate and Homeowners
Module 8: Data Analysis & Statistics
- Week 27: Data and Deviations
- Week 28: Representing Data
- Week 29: Representing Data (continued)
- Week 30: Data Analysis, Graphs, and Misleading Data
Module 9: Geometry & Trigonometry
- Week 31: Geometry, Angles, and Triangles
- Week 32: Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Polygons
- Week 33: Two and Three Dimensional Objects
- Week 34: Functions, Equations, and Slope
Module 10: Jobs, Leisure, Retirement, & Travel
- Week 35: Retirement
- Week 36: Social Security, Benefits, and Assessment
