Activity Overview
In this activity, students will determine the number of days between dates. They will find the amount due on a loan at the end of a term, which may be in days, months or years.
Before the Activity
See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity
Print page 10 from the attached PDF file for your class
During the Activity
Distribute the page to the class.
Follow the Activity procedures:
Select the dbd command from the calculator menu
Input the beginning date and the ending date in the MM.DD.YY format
Find the number of days between the two dates
Use the result to calculate the amount due on a loan
After the Activity
Review student results:
As a class, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging
Re-teach concepts as necessary