Earning Income
How much money did Jake earn if his mother offered him $9 to do dishes each day and he did dishes for 6 days?
$54
Every camping trip each person paid $23. What is the total amount 8 campers should plan to spend?
$184
Dave wants to buy a new tricycle for his son. He can pay for the tricycle in 5 payments of $43. How much would Patrick pay to buy the tricycle?
$215
Jerry made 16 jars of dill pickles and sold them all for $12 a jar. How much did Jerry make from selling pickles last week?
$192
Name one way to earn money?
Career, job, chores, selling a product, or providing a service.
Sarah earned $8 a day cleaning the basement. How How much money did she earn if it takes her 5 days to clean the basement?
$40
The Smith family went on a road trip to Florida and spent $126 on gas and $256 on a hotel and $56 on food. What was their total spending?
$438
Aaron is buying soccer gear with 5 monthly payments of $128 so he can stick to his budget. How much will Aaron be paying for his soccer gear?
$640
Albert buys 20 yards of cotton fabric. The fabric is $4 a yard. How much will Albert pay for 20 yards of cotton fabric?
$80
Jake received a paycheck this week. He put some money in the bank and used some money for spending. What was Jake doing with his money?
He made a budget.
How much more money could Joe earn washing 9 cars than folding 4 baskets of laundry? Washing cars= $3 dollars a car, Folding laundry= $4 a basket.
$11
Tracy plans to spend $37 on her 2 dogs this month. One of her dogs got sick and she had to pay $47 to the vet. How much did she have to spend this month on her 2 dogs?
$84
Candace bought a television which was $433. There was $65 in monthly interest she would have to pay on the TV. She made a total of 3 payments. How much did she spend on the TV?
$628
Farmer Al sold 12 bushels of corn at $24 per bushel. How much did he have to pay?
$288
Kara really wanted to buy a Computer for school and some new clothes. She could only afford to buy one of these items. How should she decide which to buy?
Want vs. Need
Sarah earned $72 every time she gave a swimming lesson. How much money would she earn giving 3 swimming lessons?
$216
Mr. Parson's income last week was $1,768. He spent $773 and $169. He put the rest of the money in the bank to save. How much did he put in the bank?
$826
Lana bought a go cart. She made 4 payments. Each payment consisted of $185 plus $27 interest. How much did Lana end up paying for her go cart?
$848
A florist sells red roses and yellow roses. Red roses cost $8 and yellow roses cost $6. If you buy 5 red roses and 5 yellow roses, how much will is cost?
$70
Jacob was selling lemonade at the fair last weekend. What vocabulary word do we call the ingredients he used to make the lemonade? (The lemons, sugar and water)
The ingredients are called goods.
Mrs. McDowell teaches gymnastics classes for $321 a class. What is her total income if she teaches 4 gymnastics classes?
$1,284
Wesley buys 66 pounds of apples to make apple pies for the fair. He paid $6 a pound. How much will Wesley pay for apples?
$396
Maya wants to buy a new air conditioner. She could pay $2,249 in cash or make 4 payments of $637 each. Which is the better deal?
Paying with cash.
Mark makes applesauce for family and friends. Last year he spent $3 per pound on 52 pounds of apples. This year he only bought 45 pounds of apples but spent $4 per pound. In which year did Mark spend more money?
Mark spent more money last year.
Ms. Jones lost her job. The community knew she didn't make a lot of money so they chipped in and gave her money. What did the community do with their money?
They donated their money.