Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Use basic math and calculator skills to solve personal finance problems
• Define and appropriately apply banking terms and basic concepts in the context of personal money management activities
• Identify household bills and basic money management skills required to live independently
• Discuss the difference between a savings and a checking account and the benefits of both
• Compile a self-reflective spending journal to identify spending habits
• Demonstrate basic understanding of counting money and making change
• Compute sales tax, tip and discount amount off for products on sale
• Demonstrate basic understanding of how to read a store sales receipt and restaurant check