Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Reality Math for Teens
Jody Nichols · 2008
68/100
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A solid classroom workbook that uses real-world scenarios — car buying, credit cards, retirement — to make math feel relevant to teenagers, and its alignment with National Math Standards gives it educational credibility. The pre-2008 financial examples are showing their age, and the absence of any independent critical reviews makes it hard to gauge how well the Mrs. Green storytelling device actually lands with students.
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safety92
substance68
craft62
originality60
accuracy58
hype75
age-fit80
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict68
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