Teach Budgets and Basic Finance using Spreadsheets

This activity walks students through the basics of how to use spreadsheets and teaches them a few budgeting and finance skills:

• calculate wages with and without overtime
• compare income to expenses
• consider how interest rates impact investment amount at different times
• use an if statements to determine if expenses exceed income

Includes 5 practice questions with solutions.

try it out here: spreadsheet sample

This activity has a focus on budgeting.  If you’re interested in teaching science related spreadsheet skills, check this out.

<a google/gmail account is required to use the activity>

The download is a pdf document with a link to the google spreadsheet.

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