Financial Mathematics A: Earning, Saving and Spending Money

A nine-lesson Stage 5 unit for a Year 10 middle ability class, following money in the order students meet it: earn it, let it grow, then spend or borrow it.

Unit planOverview and mind map RationaleWhat, why and how we teach it SyllabusMA5-FIN-C-01 and MAO-WM-01 Prior learningAnd likely misconceptions

Group

Chloe HsiehLessons 1–3, Earning money, and the website

Yueyi WangLessons 4–6, Simple interest

Georgia WangLessons 7–9, Spending money

Master of Teaching (Secondary), University of Sydney. EDMT5663.

How to read the lesson plans

WM Working Mathematically LIT Literacy ICT Technology AfL Assessment for learning AoL Assessment of learning
Key teacher questions are highlighted in yellow, each followed by the expected student response.
Every lesson ends with worked solutions, a table of misconceptions and adjustments, and a vocabulary list.