Contents: Automobile Owership: The Automobile loan -- Automobile insurance -- Depreciation an a car -- Operating costs -- Traveling by road map -- Determining average speed -- Travel costs -- Commercial transportation : Renting a car -- Traveling by bus -- Traveling by trian -- Traveling by airplane -- Purchasing consumer goods: Shopping at a supermarket -- Counting change -- Discount buying -- Installment purchasing -- The Charge account -- Personal income: The Hourly- wage system -- The Piecework wage system -- The Commision wage system -- Payroll deduction -- Income Tax : Federal tax -- Statement income tax -- Banking : The Deposit slip -- The Simple interest formula -- Computing the interest on a savings account -- Compound interest -- The Time savings account -- Growth of regular deposits -- Banking Services : The Checking account account -- Check cashing charges -- Bank loans -- Small Loans: The Small loan agency -- The Pawnshop loan -- The Credit union loan -- The Credit card loan -- Invesments in stocks & bonds: The Stock market -- The Bond market -- Insurance: Life Insurance -- Disability insurance -- Hospital, surgical, and medical insurance -- Unemploment insurance -- Homeowners insurance -- Retirement income : Social security benefits -- Company retirement plans -- Individual retirement plans -- The Cost of housing: The Cost of utilities -- Home ownnership -- Appendix: The Fundamental operations and percent: Addition -- Subtraction -- Multiplication -- Division -- Percent -- Rounding numbers.