High School students are motivated to learn math and financial literacy when the topic is driving a car! This real life project based learning product covers five aspects of becoming a car owner. Many schools are encouraging PBL as a way to increase student engagement. The Buy Your First Car is the perfect culminating activity! 

Connections are made between math and financial literacy, clear directions and steps are given. 

This product is broken into five categories: 

● Buying a Car 

● Financing the Car 

● Depreciating the Car 

● Calculating Gas Cost for Car 

● Car Insurance 

Each category includes activities such as pre-assessments, puzzles, projects, post assessments. 

Math connections include: 

➔Percents 

➔Solving equations 

➔Analyzing linear graphs 

➔Interpreting the intercepts and slope in context with the problem

➔Writing a linear equation 

➔Finding percent-of-change 

➔Plotting and analyzing an exponential decay graph

Please click on the PREVIEW to see the complete Table of Contents / Teacher Notes and sample pages from different categories of the project. 

The Culminating Project has the student doing all of the calculations of buying their own car!  My students look forward to this project and think it is the best thing we do all year.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions!  mkmath2343@gmail.com