Take Stock
Shares or pieces of a company such as Apple or Walmart.
Stock
The "O" in a personal S.W.O.T analysis.
Opportunity
or
Opportunities
Your Gross pay less taxes and other deductions.
Net Pay
A written summary of Work Experience, Education and Skills. This is often used when applying for a job.
Resume
You get paid every week. Your pay stub shows that you made $288 for current pay period. You worked 36 ours. How much did you make an hour?
$8
$288/36 = $8.00
Any person, company or other institution that owns at least one share of a company's stock.
Shareholder
A type of work or company. Hint is starts with the letter B.
Business
Your pay stub shows that you made $320 for the pay period.
It also shows YTD $1,600. What does YTD stand for?
Year to date
What is a person's SSN?
Social Security Number
You get paid every week. Your pay stub shows that you made $320 for the current pay period.
It also shows YTD $1,600. How many weeks have you worked so far this year?
5
$1,600/$320 = 5
To put money in a company for profit, income or return.
Invest
A company pays for this such as a commercial, billboard, magazine etc. to reach their target market and sell their product. The short word for this is called an Ad.
Advertisement
Which would not be a deduction on your pay stub?
Social Security Tax
Pension
Bonus
Federal Tax
Bonus
If you get paid bi-weekly how many times do you get paid in a year?
26
Bi-weekly is every 2 weeks. Therefore, 52 weeks in a year divided by 2.
You get paid $8 per hour. You worked 40 regular hours and 3 overtime hours. You got paid $356. How much did you get paid per hour for the overtime?
$12 per hour
40 * $8 = $320
$356 - $320 = $36
$36/3 = $12
Market Index that consists of 500 stocks that are widely held.
S&P 500
When you invest money there is usually no promise that you will make money or not lose money. Another word for promise...starts with the letter "G"
Guarantee
What does O/T stand for?
Overtime
What does a S.W.O.T analysis stand for?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Stephanie makes $33,000 per year. She got a 4% raise. What is her new salary?
$34,320
$33,000 * .04 = $1320
$33,000 = $1320 = $34,320
One to five character symbol used to represent a company when you are buying or selling stock.
Stock Symbol
A person who starts their own business ...starts with the letter E.
Entrepreneur
What is the basic difference between getting paid a salary and getting paid by the hour?
Getting paid a salary you get paid the same amount of money each week. If you work 40 hours or 50 hours it is the same amount of money.
Getting paid by the hour depends on how many hours you work. You might get paid for part of an hour and you may get paid overtime.
What is a post-graduate degree?
A Masters or a Doctorate. A degree after college.
Who makes more money in a year?
John works 40 hours a week and makes $12 per hour. He takes four weeks off in the year.
Karen works gets paid $24,000 a year and gets four weeks paid vacation.
Karen makes more money. ($960 more)
John makes $23,040
40 * $12 = $480
$480 * 48 = $23,040
Karen makes $24,000