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Math in the News: Issue 3--The 2008 Mortgage Crisis

Math in the News: Issue 3--The 2008 Mortgage Crisis

March 2011. In this issue we look at the continuing housing crisis that began in 2008. We use a spreadsheet to calculate mortgage payments.

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Common Core Standards CCSS.Math.CONTENT.HSF.LE.A.2
Grade Range 6 - 12
Curriculum Nodes Algebra
    • Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
        • Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Copyright Year 2011
Keywords math in the news, mortgage crisis, compound interest, issue 3