Budgeting for Teens
Budgeting Strategies
Budgeting for Fixed Costs
Budgeting for Variable Costs
Complete a Budget
100

Your apartment rent, tickets to a concert, a pepperoni pizza, and your cell phone bills are

What are expenses

100

This accurately describes fixed expenses

What is they are often hard to change and they usually make a large impact on your budget
100

This is NOT a way to balance your budget

What is borrowing money from your friends every month to make up the difference

200

If you receive inconsistent income, this is the best advice

What is save a lot in months when yo make a lot

200

This is an example of a fixed expense

What is the insurance premiums you pay every month

200

This is NOT a benefit of hourly work

What is consistent paycheck

300

How do their needs and budgets compare (14)

What is their budgets would have different needs and different wants

300

Raina allocates all of her income toward expenses or saving. There's not dollar that is unaccounted for, this is her strategy.

What is zero based budgeting

300

This is typically the largest single expense for Americans

What is housing

300
This has the lowest unit price

What is D a 30 oz bag of generic cereal for $4.68

400

The main function of using the cash envelope system

What is you allocate your spending cash for wants so you are spending intentionally and sticking to your budget

400

This percentage of housing costs defines a household as housing burdened

What is 30%

400

This is the most useful piece of budgeting advice for variable expenses

What is track your variable expenses for a few months to find your average monthly cost

500

If Jugo makes $6000 a month in take-home pay and utilizes 50/30/20 method of budgeting he puts this much toward his wants every month

What is $1800

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