At the end of this training session you will be able to:

• Use mathematics to plan and control financial instruments including insurance and assurance, unit trusts, stock exchange dealings, options, futures and bonds
• Use simple and compound interest to make sense of and define a variety of situations including mortgage loans, hire purchase, present values, annuities and sinking funds.
• Investigate various aspects of costs and revenue including marginal costs, marginal revenue and optimisation of profit.
• Use mathematics to debate aspects of the national and global economy, including tax, productivity and the equitable distribution of resources.