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Buying a House

Posted on May 8, 2015 by gjlyman

Students take on the role of a 32 year old college graduate with a young family seeking their first home ownership.  Students produce a slide show or video similar to “House Hunters” to showcase their scenario, research, financial analysis, and decision­making process … Continue reading →

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Fuel for Thought

Posted on May 8, 2015 by gjlyman

For this project, students build off of the concepts in the Mathematical’s Reasoning Fuel for Thought Problem from 1st semester to create a new PBA that fits in with the Money Matters unit on automobile ownership in a way that meets student … Continue reading →

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Fuel for Thought

Posted on February 19, 2015 by gjlyman

Students will analyze a given situation about replacing one of two family vehicles in order to determine which replacement choice will save the most fuel. The original problem was based on the article “The Illusion of Miles per Gallon” and the starter … Continue reading →

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