Credit Cards

How can you avoid paying interest on your credit card? 

Explain what happens if you make the minimum payment every month. 

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.2

What is a line of credit?

• A line of credit, not a circle of credit

• The max you can spend in one month (determined by credit card company)

• Where credit starts

• Where credit ends

Name 3 benefits of having a credit card

A debit card is linked to your ____ _______

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

You are billed monthly for using your debit card

• True

• False

How do credit card companies make money?

• By charging interest

• By dipping into peoples savings accounts

• Selling stocks

• Offering incentives

What's better? A higher or lower interest rate?

• Higher interest rate (%)

• Lower interest rate (%)

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

Draw a fixed interest rate vs a variable interest rate

Answer explanation

Yup! Fixed stays the same (anchor at the bottom of ocean or straight line) and variable changes (like the tides or ball going over waves)

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Define principal, interest, and term in your own words.

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.2