Educere Course Overview and Description

Business Math
Course Id: 2999

zzzThe VHS Collaborative (SB)

Course Overview
Institution	zzzThe VHS Collaborative (SB)
Subject	Mathematics Electives
Education Level	High School
Institution Website	click here

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PLC Email	plc@educere.net
PLC Toll-Free Number	866.4EDUCERE (866.433.8237)

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Course Description
What do all successful business people have in common? How can you gain financial security? These are some of the questions that we will answer in Business Math. This course focuses on the application of fundamental arithmetical computations to practical business problems. It's "math you can use."

Some of the key concepts covered in this course include:

- A review of basic math skills (calculations involving only addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

- How do retail businesses generate profit? From the consumer perspective, you will see how stores decide what items to put on sale and for how much. You'll learn how your local supermarket knows how to price every item on the shelf so that they maximize their profits.

- How do banks make money? You'll learn how your money grows in savings accounts. You will also learn how to figure out how much you should invest now in order to purchase things in the future. Finally, we will investigate how loans work.

- How do people invest in the stock market? We will look at why companies sell stock. You will learn about the key numbers that stockbrokers track when they are researching companies to invest in. You will get your chance to invest $1,000,000 in our stock market game.

- How do local and state governments arrive at your tax rate? We will see where the money you make goes.

Delivery Method

Internet

Real-Time Web-Based Teacher Access

Prerequisites
Students taking this course should have successfully completed Algebra 1. Comfortable with computers.

Course Materials
Virtual High School will have course materials, if any, shipped directly to students. While there is no additional cost for course materials, there is an additional charge for return shipping. Students are required to return such course materials to course instructor upon completion of the course.

Courses and course detail are subject to change without notice.