Percent Increase and Decrease Quiz

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Single Stock Tracker

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To highlight the volatility of single stock trading, students will choose a public company and track the share price for five "check-ins". In this scenario, they have $1,000 to invest. They will purchase as many shares that they can at the current share price (I have them round to the nearest hundredth for fractional shares). I typically have students "check-in" every other day, record the current share price, how much value their investment is worth on that day, and the percentage increase or d

9th - 12th

Applied Math, Economics

Massachusetts Paycheck Calculator - Where did my paycheck go?

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Brianne Moriarty

Help students to learn about paychecks and taxes with this resource. This activity uses a link to Massachusetts Paycheck Calculator, and can be easily edited if you want students to input different jobs/settings. Students use the website to input various wages or salaries, then complete the table to show gross income, taxes (as a percent and dollar amount), and net income. Comes with a vocabulary page to give students a better understanding of where their paycheck money goes. It includes: Hour

6th - 12th, Adult Education

Applied Math, Other (Math)

Also included in: Financial Literacy - no prep! End of Year