Buying & Maintaining a Car

Overview of the Unit:

In this unit students will learn how much it costs to earn an dealership and what options for trade-ins and rebates they have when purchasing the vehicle from a dealership.

Essential Question:

How does one thing on your car affect your monthly budget?

Student Outcomes

• I can determine the cost of an automobile with trade-ins and rebates
• I can compute the price of a car with financing
• I can compute fuel costs

Standards (ACT Mathematics Readiness Standards):

• N 201. Perform one-operation computation with whole numbers and decimals
• N 302. Identify a digit’s place value
• AF 201. Solve problems in one or two steps using whole numbers and using decimals in the context of money
• S 303. Read basic tables and charts