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Unit1-Financial Mathematics & Introduction to Modelling Techniques Free
Compound interest (S1.4), makes a good introduction as many students will be familiar with it (even though it is not listed in the prior learning) from their pre-IB years mathematics courses. This can...
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Qbank HL volumes of revolution
Below is an example quiz for students to practice finding volumes of revolution, both around the x-axes and the y-axes. For some questions, transformations of functions knowledge is also required (as...
Assessment
SL Exam Paper 2D
New March 2023 - Below is a full, example Paper 2: long-response questions (12 to 16 marks). Make sure that you have set up Student Access to share this page with your classes so that they can access...
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False Positives
'How good is our intuition when it comes to conditional probability?' The False Positive Paradox is a good, if not somewhat alarming example of counterintuitive Probability. Very few tests are 100% effective...
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Why teaching Finance can be tough: Use This
I find it difficult to teach certain elements of the finance topic, and am getting greater clarity as to why, even though I love teaching students about finance, given how essential it is to all their...
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Loans - Solve for anything
Use this 16 question quiz for some quick fire practise and revision on the topic of Loans. Do these on the go on your mobile or at your desk with a pen and paper by your side to help. Answer the questions...
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C/Y P/Y not equal
On this page you can find a short set of IB style questions focusing on the hardest type of Finance questions. Students often get confused on what value 'n' should take when C/Y and P/Y values are not...
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P/Y and C/Y explained in depth
Please find below some slides to help present and teach these ideas to students. You might like to use presentation mode (in the menu on the right side of the screen) when using these slides (hit ESCAPE...
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Gift Annuities - Solve for anything
Use this 16 question quiz for some quick fire practise and revision on the topic of Gift Annuities. Do these on the go on your mobile or at your desk with a pen and paper by your side to help. Answer...
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Standard Index Form 3
Use this 17 question quiz for some quick fire practise and revision on the topic of Standard Index Form/Scientific Notation. Do these on the go on your mobile or at your desk with a pen and paper by your...