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NSW: Declining Balance

by Texas Instruments

Objectives

  • Calculate Depreciation amount
  • Calculate balance
  • Understand non-linear
Syllabus Outcome:
  • MALS6-6

Vocabulary

  • Depreciation
  • Balance
  • Declining / Reducing

About the Lesson

Students watch the video tutorial (link below) to help understand the how the declining balanced method of depreciation works and different ways to use their calculator to explore and calculate. The worksheet contains simple examples plus more complicated real life practical problems including applications to taxation.

Watch the activity tutorial