The Task:
In this activity, you will create an monthly budget
based on income earned from a fictitious job within the career that you have
chosen. You will compare your income to estimated living expenses (including
rent/mortgage payment, transportation, food, leisure time activities,
insurance). If your expenses exceed your income, you will need to determine
where to cut back your monthly expenses in order to “Make Ends Meet”. You
will also encounter unexpected monthly expenses which will force you to adjust
your monthly budget. Finally, you will write a report using word processing
software, evaluating your experience in “Making Ends Meet”.
Benefits:
- Experience
estimating and approximating ordinary budget expenses
- Conduct
systematic print and electronic research
- Organize
and analyze information from multiple sources.
- Create
visual representations of number concepts and operations
- Determine
appropriate uses of resources, income and expenses
- Present
research results in written and oral formats
What
You Already Know:
- Basics
of spreadsheet software (formatting cells, creating basic formulas, creating
charts, saving and printing worksheets and charts)
- Basics
of word processing (entering, editing, formatting text and saving and
printing documents)
- Basic
World Wide Web search skills
- Mathematics
skills in: basic computation, graphing, and calculator skills; proficiency
with decimals and percents; basic geometric shapes and measures; and order
of operations
Time
Required:
Approximately 4 class periods will be
given to work on this assignment. Assignment will be due the following
Monday.
Additional Helps:
Choosing the Best Search on the
Internet
Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
Library Materials
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