Income ?'s
Expense ?'s
balancing a budget
Savings/Checking
Interest/APY
100
  • Money coming in. 

  • (+) 

Income

100

What is expense? 

  • Money going out. 

  • Money being removed/taken away. 

  • (-) 

100

What does balancing a budget mean? 

Plan of managing your incomes and expenses. Balancing the amount of income coming in and expenses going out.

100

What is a savings account? 

Bank account where you store money and keep storing income. 

100

What is interest?

The amount an account holder (person) receives for the favor of leaving money with the bank. 

Increase in money overtime

200

Income before taxes/expenses are taken out.

Gross Income

200

Paying bills, going grocery shopping, buying pizzas for a pizza party would be considered what? 

Expense 

200

When balancing a budget what are two important things to keep track of? 

income and expenses

200

What is a checking account? 

  • Access and transfer/take away  money 

  • Pay bills/purchases

  • Write and deposits money 

  • Use debit card

  • Better for everyday transactions 

200

Which type of bank account receives interest? 

savings

300
  • Income after expenses are taken out. 

  • Gross income (+) - Expenses (-) = 

Net income

300

Sam owes Tina  $40.00. Sam has $300 from his paycheck. Sam also has rent that cost $200. Does he have enough to pay rent and Tina? If so, how much will he have left over? (bonus point) 

yes and $60 left! 

300

What should be either the same or more than the expenses when balancing a budget? 

Income

300

Taking money from your savings account is used mainly to buy what types of purchases? 

bigger/larger purchases 

300

True or False: The higher a savings account APY, the better. 

true 

400

Marcus got $20 dollars for his birthday and another $30 from his job. How much income did Marcus make?

$50

400

Mary had to pay her bills this month. Her bills this month are $45 for gasoline, $56 dollars for grocery shopping, and rent $355. She has $500 from her last paycheck. Does she have enough to pay for her expenses?

yes

400

Does a budget help us see if we have enough money to pay for items that we have to pay for?

yes 

400

Savings accounts have interest, does a checking account receive interest?

no

400

What if Sam had $8,000 in savings with the APY interest rate 1%. How much interest would Sam receive at the end of the first month? 

$6.67

500

Max had a gross income of $100 dollars before taxes. Taxes are $10 dollars. What is Max’s net income?

$90

500

Kate received a gross income $300 dollars for the month. Her bills this month are $100 dollars. She then went grocery shopping and spent another $100 dollars on food. How much were her expenses for the month?

$200

500

Dylan got his paycheck of $300. He went grocery shopping and the bill was $100. Dylan got paid $20 for walking his neighbor’s dog. He really wants to buy a bike that costs $200. Does he have enough money to buy the bike?

yes! 

500

When buying a brand new expensive fancy house, what type of bank account would you take from to pay for this large expense? 

Savings

500

Haley has $100,000 in her savings account and his bank pays 1% APY.  How much money will she have when the amount of interest is added into her savings account? (what would be the total amount) 


Hint: savings amount x   (x% APY)     = interest 

                                       12 months


Interest + original savings account amount = total amount for the month. 


$1083.33