By combining algebraic and graphical approaches with practical business and personal finance applications, FINANCIAL ALGEBRA, Second Edition, motivates high school students to explore algebraic thinking patterns and functions in a financial context. FINANCIAL ALGEBRA, Second Edition will help your students achieve success by offering an applications based learning approach incorporating Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry topics. Authors Gerver and Sgroi have spent more than 25 years working with students of all ability levels and they have found the most success when connecting math to the real world. With new features, such as What's the Problem?, FINANCIAL ALGEBRA, Second Edition encourages students to be actively involved in applying mathematical ideas to their everyday lives.