Educação e Matemática Financeira: Uma proposta com atividades envolvendo situações cotidianas

Abstract

This work aims to propose activities that can use everyday situations to approach Mathe matics and Financial Education subjects for high school students. Understanding Financial Mathematics is essential for training not only the student but the citizen. This knowledge should enable people to analyze, interpret and make financial decisions, and these situations are part of most people’s lives. Many people take out loans, make installment purchases, and deal with interest charges for late payments, yet they do not understand how it works. The objective of approaching financial mathematics is not to train economists, but to develop critical thinking and provide the student with the basic notions used in this context. It is proposed to use exercises involving practical contexts to bring theory and reality closer together, making the content more attractive. In most activities, the use of an electronic spreadsheet is indicated, as it facilitates calculations and visualization of results.