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The financial wizard's apprentice

Learning objects The financial wizard's apprentice

TLF ID M016635

The Financial wizard’s apprentice is a web-based multimedia resource providing interactive investigation of financial mathematics. After completing a multiple-choice ‘recruitment test’ reviewing some simple consumer arithmetic, the student begins their apprenticeship and advises their client on a range of financial matters.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource contains sections that are valuable for addressing the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics content description in Year 10 related to compound interest. Other sections may be suitable to extend suitable students with topics such as credit, taxation and annuities. The resource was originally written for the NSW General Mathematics Syllabus. The resource addresses the key competency of using technology by exploiting the functionality of spreadsheets to perform a range of functions including calculating, graphing/charting, modelling and predicting.
Year level

11; 12

Topics Money Personal finance Functions and relations Critical thinking Compound interest
Learning area
  • Mathematics

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: Centre for Learning Innovation
  • Organization: Centre for Learning Innovation
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: Centre for Learning Innovation
  • Organization: Centre for Learning Innovation
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Communities, 2013.