Consumer Math

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Consumer Math

• September 5, 2007

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Define a Consumer?

• Question - What is a consumer?
• Answer - Any individual who purchases and uses
  goods or services.

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Why?

• Why should we learn about this subject?
• So we can Save and Use our money most
  Effectively.

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This year
So what will we learn this year??
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Vroom Vroom

• We will be learning how we can make a smart
  choice when buying a car.
• We will also analyze what it is like from the car
  sellers perspective.

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Vacation

• We will see what is the best economical choice
  when buying a vacation.
• Cruise? Club Med? Disney? Where do we get the
  most for our money?
• What if we were the travel agent?

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Shopping

• How do we shop effectively for clothes?
• Where do we get the most for our money?

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Food

• Shop? Order in? Eat Out?
• Where do we get the most for our money with food?
• We will explore.

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Managing a Household

• Rent or Buy?
• What are the drawbacks and benefits.
• We will find the answers.

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Coming Up

• These topics and many more this year in Consumer
  math.
• Remember this class is designed around your
  projects and research.
• Get Psyched!