Financial Literacy

As a mathematics teacher, I teach exponential growth equations to algebra students.  Compound interest earned on principle left in the account results in an exponential growth curve.  The earlier a person invests and adds to the principle, the more quickly the curve approaches infinity.  A fun question is:  "How much money do you have to invest now at x% interest to be a millionaire when you turn 65?"

On the flip side, debt has the opposite affect on our ability to become financially independent.  Financial literacy has a lot of mathematical applications in the classroom.

The Speedmaster is an icon in the watch world, and for good reason, but it's the Moonwatch that gets the lion's share of attention link from collectors. This Omega Speedsonic is an under-the-radar take on the classic three-register watch from Omega. This example features radial numbers as link well, the link same dial configuration that's present on the Alaska III prototype.

The more affordable Apple Watch SE also comes to retailers today, starting at $249. link The brand-new Apple Watch Ultra link will land at retailers link next week. We'll have more details in a Hands-On report about that model soon.

If you're link not familiar with this, which we can hardly imagine link since these watches have been link around since 2001, the MeisterSinger watch from Munster (Germany) became famous due to this interesting way to indicate the time.