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Needs, Wants and Savings: Jordan’s Weekly Budget
Students sort a teen’s weekly expenses into needs, wants and savings, add the totals, and decide what to cut.
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Price It Right: Markup, Discounts and Pricing Strategies
Students calculate markup, discounts, margin and bundle savings, compare two pricing choices, and match six common pricing strategies to their definitions.
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Read the Numbers: Build an Income Statement for Maple Lane Bakery
Students use one month of fictional bakery records to calculate revenue, gross profit and net income, then analyze a second month and spot a common mistake.
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Renting or Buying: Comparing Monthly Costs
Students compare the monthly cost of renting an apartment with the cost of owning a house, then weigh money and non-money factors.
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Smart Shopper: Unit Prices, Sales, Saving Goals and Giving
Students compare unit prices and sale offers, plan how long it takes to reach a saving goal, and calculate a charitable gift with an employer match.
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Spot the Scam: Protecting Yourself from Fraud and Identity Theft
Students sort eight sample messages into scam or safe, name the red flags, match warning signs to smart responses, and plan what to do after a possible scam.
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Startup on Paper: Plan a Dog-Walking Business
Students complete a one-page business canvas for a fictional dog-walking startup, calculate start-up costs and payback time, then sketch a plan for their own idea.
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Taxes 101: Sales Tax, Brackets and Refunds
Students match common taxes to what they fund, calculate sales tax, work through a made-up tax bracket and decide whether a worker gets a refund.
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The Four Ps of Marketing: Launching the TrailGlow Lantern
Students learn the four Ps of the marketing mix, sort twelve launch decisions for a fictional lantern, and plan their own product with a partner.
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The Power of Compound Interest
Students use the compound interest formula and a provided growth-factor table to compare simple and compound interest and see why starting early matters.
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Who Is the Customer? Choosing a Target Market
Students learn four ways to segment a market, match examples to each, choose the best target market for three fictional businesses, and build a customer profile.
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Who Owns the Business? Sole Proprietors, Partners and Corporations
Students read about four ways to own a business, complete a comparison table, match key terms, and choose the best ownership type for four small-business situations.