Budgeting Your Money

Overview of the Unit:

In this unit students will learn how to calculate the average income in order to create a budget to live within those means. Students will represent their findings in multiple ways including a circle graph.

Essential Question:

By not budgeting your money properly, how will that affect your standard of living?

Student Outcomes

• I can compute average income
• I can read and create a circle graph
• I can complete records to determine if a budget is balanced

Standards (ACT Mathematics Readiness Standards):

• N 201. Perform one-operation computation with whole numbers and decimals
• AF 201. Solve problems in one or two steps using whole numbers and using decimals in the context of money
• S 303. Read basic tables and charts