Teach students how compound interest really works with this clear, step-by-step anchor chart! This resource walks students through identifying principal, rate, and time, converting percent to a decimal, applying the compound interest formula, and calculating the interest earned.

Perfect for introducing financial literacy and helping students see the power of investing and interest growth.

📂 What’s Included

✅ Full-color anchor chart
✅ Compound interest formula: A = P(1 + r)ᵗ
✅ Realistic word-problem example
✅ Clearly labeled P, r, t values
✅ Rate → decimal conversion
✅ Total balance & interest calculation
✅ EB/ELL-friendly color coding and steps

🎯 Skills Covered

• Identifying principal, rate, and time
  
• Converting percentage to decimal
  
• Applying the compound interest formula
  
• Evaluating exponential expressions
  
• Subtracting to find interest earned
  
• Real-world financial literacy concepts
  

👩‍🏫 Perfect For

• 7th–9th Grade Math
  
• Consumer Math
  
• Personal Financial Literacy
  
• STAAR Algebra Readiness
  
• Warm-ups, stations, or notebook pages
  
• Finance units + real-world math lessons
  

📊 Aligned To Standards

• TEKS Personal Financial Literacy (6.14, 7.13, 8.12)
  
• CCSS Financial Literacy & Algebra Prep
  

📌 Terms of Use

For one classroom only. Redistribution not allowed.