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Budgeting Fixed and Variable Expenses
Students create a workable budget that includes allowances for fixed and variable expenses.
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Chapter 18: Deficits, Surpluses, and the Public Debt
Sobering, informative, and relevant for today, this presentation is sure to fill in some of the gaps between the current financial crisis and the theories of economics. With explanatory graphs and strong discussion points, these slides...
DiscoverE
Build a Bridge
Cost overruns are unacceptable—in the real world and in an engaging activity. Groups of pupils get together to build a bridge out of straws, paper cups, and tape. They keep track of costs ($1,000 for each material) and must stay within a...
California Department of Education
California CareerZone Make Money Choices Student Workbook
An activity challenges scholars to make smart money choices. While visiting the California CareerZone website, pupils choose between budgeting for one's lifestyle or salary and complete a two-page worksheet based on the information...
District 158
Plan an Adventure
For kids, taking a vacation is all fun and games, but after completing this pre-algebra project, they'll have a whole new appreciation for the planning that makes these trips possible. Given a budget of $5,000 to spend on purchasing the...
University of Missouri
Money Math
Wouldn't your class members love to become millionaires? It doesn't happen overnight. Teach young entrepreneurs about personal finance and money management with a series of lessons focused on money math. Pupils learn about banking and...
Radford University
Percentages: Lessons 2 and 3
What does salary have to do with it? Working in small groups, scholars use percentages to find simple interest and the value of a car they can afford on a given salary. Learners continue on to work with salaries and calculate amounts...
Radford University
Surviving the Month
Pupils create budgets based upon family expenditures. They determine what the monthly payments will be for buying a car and a house based on compound interest for the total amount.
Radford University
The Game of Life … Mathematics Style
Make life more organized using mathematics. Scholars get a good look at budgeting and personal finance by using linear equations. They research salary information and costs to develop mathematical models, including equations and graphs.
Curated OER
Budget It!
For this managing money worksheet, students record all their families expenses and draw a pie chart showing how much money goes where. Students express the importance of planning how to spend money on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Personal Budgeting Project
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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Month 3 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget form by filling each of the categories. They fill in their total expenses for each category and calculate their budget for month three.
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Month 4 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget form by filling each of the categories. They fill in their total expenses for each category and calculate their budget for month four.
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Creating and Maintaining a Budget
Students explore the videogame, Sim City to create functioning cities. They develop and maintain a budget for their cities, and present their city using a Powerpoint presentation.
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Real Life Challenge ~ Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete one month of budgeting by completing each of the statements with the appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses for the month minus their savings account...
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Month 2 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete a monthly budget by completing each category on the sheet. They fill in the blanks and calculate their totals for month two.
Federal Reserve Bank
It's Your Paycheck
Beyond reading and arithmetic, one of the most important skills for graduating seniors to have is fiscal literacy and responsibility. Start them on the right financial track with nine lessons that focus on a variety of important personal...
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Micro Economics - Personal Budgeting
Students explore the real world as it relates to money and how people use it. In this money management lesson, students jump into the real world as they role play with money through spending, saving, being married, single, having...
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Building Budgets
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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College Simulation
Students pretend they are a college freshman and taking a full load of classes. Individually, they create a budget based on their $9.00 an hour job in order to meet all of their repsonsibilities. They complete the simulation online and...
Curated OER
We're In The Money
Learn about the history of money, as well as counterfeiting, budget vocabulary, and money management. Much of the lesson requires a Nova video; however, it also includes numerous worksheets that may be useful even without the video....
PLS 3rd Learning
Monthly Budget & Operating Costs
What teenager wouldn't want a car? But before they make that big purchase, this exercise helps them to understand the costs involved. It includes a worksheet to calculate expenses like taxes and fees, maintenance, gas and insurance, as...
Curated OER
Financial Institution Comparison
Once learners are ready to choose a bank, how do they make a smart decision for their financial needs? Scholars help each other by jigsawing the research in groups. After introducing checking and savings accounts with the attached...
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Earth's Energy Budget - Seasonal Cycles in Net Radiative Flux
Learners attempt to understand seasonal variation by viewing images of the energy received by the earth. In this weather activity, students view images from NASA of the influx of energy from the sun and make predictions about resulting...
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