Another resource you should tap into is mymoney.gov, a U.S. government website dedicated to financial literacy and education that provides free information, resources, publications, financial calculators, checklists, budgeting worksheets and more, to help you make informed decisions.
When it's your math class and you have your worksheet, carefully get your calculator out and use it discreetly.
To access this worksheet, click on the "Payroll Calculator" tab on the bottom of your Excel workbook session.
Also visit choosetosave.org, a website developed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute that offers the Ballpark Estimate retirement planning worksheet, more than 100 online calculators, brochures, savings tips and links to resources to help you manage your finances.
You can also use this calculator to develop a basic strategy and this worksheet to put together something more detailed.
Most major financial services firms such as Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, TIAA and Vanguard offer fee online retirement worksheets and calculators to help you get a bead on future expenses.
The cost calculator is free but the financial aid help and worksheets come with an annual $59 subscription.
Inflation Calculator and budgeting help - FREE, downloadable, and "printable budget worksheets" in one of several formats: HTML, Excel or PDF.
A suite of programs called ImagiMath (www.imagiworks.com), $39.95, includes ImagiCalc, a full-function calculator; ImagiGraph, for plotting graphs and even animating them; and ImagiSolve, a math worksheet that helps solve equations with a tap of the stylus.
