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Intro to Financial Math

Foundational money math for 9th-10th graders: percent, interest, discounts, and basic business calculations.

About this event

Intro to Financial Math is the 9th-10th grade entry point to the finance calculation events. It stays in practical, everyday math: percentages, markup and discount, simple interest, payroll and gross pay, sales tax, and tipping. There is no compound interest or annuity math here - that is what the full Financial Math event adds, so this is the place to build speed and confidence with business arithmetic first.

Test day

What to expect

60 minutes, 100 questions

You have 60 minutes to answer 100 multiple-choice questions. Each question has four options (A, B, C, D) with exactly one correct answer. There is no penalty for wrong answers -- always fill in your best guess.

Computer-graded, instant results

Tests are machine-scored. Questions are drawn from the official FBLA topic outline for this event, distributed proportionally across all topic areas. Expect a mix of recall (definitions, formulas), application (scenario-based), and analysis questions.

Top scorers advance

The highest-scoring competitors at each regional advance to the state competition. State winners compete at the National Leadership Conference (NLC). Study the official FBLA topic outline -- it lists the exact subject areas and their approximate weight on the test.

What's on the test

PercentagesMarkup & discountSimple interestPayroll mathSales taxTipping & gratuity

Study resources

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