California Department of Education
College: Plan Well and Pay Less
They say you gotta pay to play, and postsecondary education is no exception! High schoolers learn how to research and analyze the cost of postsecondary education as well as the different ways to pay for schooling. Learners then work...
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Budget Mania
Students examine several examples of budgets to develop a facility with the components of its formation. Income, expenses, and expenditures are considered and itemized for this lesson.
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Income and Expenses
Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
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Budgeting: You Can't Manage What You Don't Know
Students discuss budgets. In this mathematics activity, students watch an episode of Biz Kid$ about budgeting, participate in a guided group discussion, and create a pamphlet to teach others how to budget their money. Extension...
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Final Analysis
In this consumer mathematics learning exercise, students calculate the total amount of money they earned during a project given. Then they transfer the expenses from each month to find their totals. Students also calculate to find their...
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Lesson 5: Creating a Budget
Students define and discuss concepts of income and expense, figure out monthly take home pay, keep track of their spending for one month, identify at least ten categories of expenses, and develop budgets to prevent falling into debt.
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Party Math
Students create a spreadsheet that they will use to plan a small party or outing. They calculate expenses and stay within a budget amount for their party.
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The Money Game
Eleventh graders investigate the amount of money that families use throughout the year. In this economic and math instructional activity, 11th graders participate in a money bingo game. Students analyze the needs and wants...
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Female Bosses Less Likely to Cut Health Benefits
Young scholars explore the concept of health costs. In this health costs lesson, students read an article discussing how female bosses are less likely to cut health benefits. Young scholars discuss why companies are eliminating health...
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Your First Job
Learners determine that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholdings on earned income. They examine the Form W-4.
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Parents of Teens Ride Waves of Expenses
Pupils explore the concept of the cost of raising a child. In this cost of raising a child lesson, students read an article about the expenses associated with teenagers. Pupils discuss ways in which parents maneuver finances for their...
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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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Real Life Challenge ~ Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, high schoolers 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...
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Month 5 Budget
In this consumer mathematics activity, students complete the following statements with their appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses and subtract a portion for savings.
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Month 6 Budget
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students complete each statement with their appropriate information. Then they calculate their total expenses for month six and subtract a portion for savings.
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Not Everything Is More Expensive
Students investigate the concept of using different types of presentations to help solve mathematical problems. They research the use of illustrations to help understand data and its interpretation in a graphing format. Students also...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Plan Your Spending
This site presents the budgeting process through a series of steps. This first page describes the first step, creating a spending plan of estimated expenses. This page also has a link to a downloadable spending plan that requires Acrobat...