Financial Maths
Course Description
In today’s economy financial math skills are indispensable. This free online math course is designed to provide learners with some of the essential skills required for managing personal finances.
This course will convey the basic concepts of financial maths; and it is designed for those individuals seeking to better understand the role that maths can play in their everyday economic life. Upon completion of this course, learners will gain the skills necessary for working with commonplace financial maths and the essential mathematical background required to interpret their personal finances.
This course contains a series of videos followed by a short assessment intended to assist the learner in better evaluating their overall comprehension of the material.
What you'll learn in this course?
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Transition Year Top Ups and Tasters
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Finance
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Mathematics
Course Curriculum
- Learning Outcomes
- Percentage Profit, Markup and Margin
- Calculating Profit with Special Offers
- Percentage Loss 1
- Percentage Loss 2
- Simple Interest – Calculating The Interest
- Simple Interest – Calculating The Rate
- Simple Interest – Calculating The Principal
- Simple Interest – Calculating The Period
- Percentage Changes Using Multipliers
- Reverse Percentages and VAT
- Introducing Compound Interest
- Compound Interest and Annual Equivalent Rate
- Compound Interest APR with Credit Cards
- Lesson Summary
- Learning Outcomes
- Depreciation
- Calculating APR
- Calculating Monthly Interest From APR – 2 Methods
- Income Tax, USC and PRSI
- Net Pay / Take Home Pay
- Present Value – Working Out Future Value
- Present Value - Working Out Present Value
- Present Value – Harder Example
- Present Value and Amortisation Problem
- Completing an Amortization Schedule
- Savings and Amortization
- Lesson Summary
Advance Learning - Mathematics
Galway, Ireland
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