This title features a 'Stimulus page' for each chapter, focusing on placing the theme of the chapter in an interesting everyday context. It fully covers all the requirements of this area with appropriate supporting text. It also contains a range of puzzles, challenges, investigations and exercises. It is fully piloted and developed with practising teachers and parents.

 

This book is part of a book series called Pse in Focus .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 72 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Paul Metcalf is a freelance consultant in Mathematics and is Principal Moderator for a major awarding body. He was formerly a head of Mathematics anda Deputy Headteacher.

This book has the following chapters: A history of money; shopping around; shopping on the Internet; income - part 1; income - part 2; taxing problems; more taxing problems - VAT; who pays the phone bill?; banking on it; ATM - all that money; who needs cash?; would you get credit?; buying without paying; unsure about insurance; holiday money.