Mathematics for Business and Personal Finance teaches students mathematics, in the context of business and personal finance like budgeting and money management, banking and credit, and saving and investing. This program provides valuable information on how to use math in everyday business and personal finance situations to fully understand how to manage one's financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security. Includes: print student edition

Give students a personal finance foundation for their future. Personal Finance is the market leading financial literacy curriculum covering important consumer topics like budgeting and money management, banking and credit, saving and investing, and strategies for protecting financial resources. This program is built around a comprehensive, academically rigorous curriculum, with project-based learning and real-world connections to prepare students with the skills and experiences they need to succeed in college-level coursework and the workforce--

Provides the hardbound student edition aligned to the content standards.

Glencoe's Personal Finance is the market leading financial literacy textbook, and is now available both in print as the full text and as four separate topical modules for use in courses where personal finance is taught as a unit! It is also available digitally on McGraw-Hill's exclusive Connect Plus platform. Connect Plus allows teachers to manage all of their resources as well as their classes entirely online. Students are able to complete assignments and have them graded and placed in a gradebook for the teacher. Connect Plus includes the online student edition. Glencoe Personal Finance features a new chapter on Economics to meet the latest NBEA Economics Standards, and meets all of the Perkins mandates for rigor and academic integration.

Glencoe’s Mathematics for Business and Personal Finance is the only text on the market that offers teachers point-of-use online professional development, interactive online help for students and the option of purchasing an interactive online text with a grade book. As always, we have maintained our exclusive coverage of key core academic content, and our research-based reading strategies.

This jargon-free resource explains the who, what, why, and where of contemporary personal finance in simple, easy-to-grasp language, covering the key people, events, terms, tools, policies, and products that make up modern money management. The ideal roadmap to 21st-century financial literacy, this layman's encyclopedia discusses ideas, concepts, events, and people that inform money management and personal finance. It explains the intricacies of things like investing, saving, debt, credit, and mortgages, and it drills down into complexities like the difference between 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. Entries invite the reader to explore common financial topics, such as seeking credit counseling, using credit cards, buying a home, and choosing insurance. Issues such as identity theft, derivatives, and taxes are explored as well. The unique work is topically organized with contributions from both academics and financial professionals. Entries are augmented by entertaining sidebar anecdotes and a glossary, and there is a useful feature that connects readers to online sources, enabling them to keep up with this fast-changing field. A one-stop resource ideal for individuals seeking to understand personal finance, this book will also prove valuable to students taking courses in finance and economics. All readers will come away better equipped to profit from money management and more skilled at making smart financial decisions.

Glencoe Personal Finance is designed to prepare high school students to make wise financial decisions in personal situations. The program helps students realize that they are already making financial decisions and shows them how their decisions affect their future. High-interest features, an engaging visual program, and easy-to-read content make the program timely and useful for all types of learners. Real-World Applications promote critical thinking skills and links finance to other fields of study. Standard & Poor s Case Study includes an analysis and recommendation from the leaders in financial information, Standard & Poor s, as well as three critical thinking questions. Financial Literacy lessons on the student web site, featuring BusinessWeek in partnership with Standard & Poor s, provide customized online activities based on BusinessWeek, the world s most popular business magazine. Resources for No Child Left Behind on the teacher web site demonstrate Glencoe s commitment to teachers professional development.