Money Matters
This is the amount of money you earn before any taxes or deductions are taken off.
What is gross pay?
This payment is usually equal to one month’s rent and can be kept by the landlord for damage.
What is the security deposit?
This fluid keeps your engine from overheating.
What is coolant/antifreeze?
This tool helps you keep track of deadlines, appointments, and schedules.
What is a calendar or planner?
his household item mysteriously disappears more than socks.
What are Tupperware lids?
This type of expense stays the same every month (like rent or a phone bill).
What is a fixed expense?
These are monthly household costs like electricity, heat, and water.
What are utilities?
Items like a first-aid kit, charger, and snacks are called this when preparing for a road trip.
What are road-trip essentials?
This card proves you have health coverage in Alberta.
What is the Alberta Health Care card?
This chore seems to magically reappear the moment you finish it.
What is doing the dishes?
Shows how much money you made and what taxes were taken off.
What is a T4?
This legal document outlines rules, rent amount, and responsibilities for tenants.
What is a lease or rental agreement?
This important item must always be in the car when you’re driving—your license AND this document.
What is proof of insurance/registration?
The total cost of everything in your cart at the grocery store.
What is your grocery budget?
The first sign your life is falling apart: you run out of this.
What is toilet paper?
The “50” in the 50-30-20 rule represents this type of spending.
What are needs?
This type of boundary-setting statement starts with how you feel and what you need.
What is an “I” statement?
This type of pass allows unlimited transit rides for a set time (week/month).
What is a weekly or monthly pass?
Bills, appointments, and laundry are all part of managing this.
What is adult responsibilities or home responsibilities?
The adulting skill no one prepared you for: staying calm while this light appears in your car.
What is the check engine light?
Borrowing money that you have to pay back.
What is credit?
This term describes the total amount of money needed each month to run a household.
What is the cost of living?
This roadside service helps with flat tires, towing, or a dead battery.
What is roadside assistance (AMA/CAA)?
Balancing school, work, and personal life is called this.
What is work-life balance?
The reason adults say “We have food at home.”
What is saving money?