mathematics at work 10 Earning an income
Specific Curriculum Outcomes
N02 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of income to calculate gross pay and net pay, including wages, salary, contracts, commissions, and piecework.
A01 Students will be expected to solve problems that require the manipulation and application of formulas related to perimeter, area, the Pythagorean theorem, primary trigonometric ratios, and income.
N02 Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of income to calculate gross pay and net pay, including wages, salary, contracts, commissions, and piecework.
A01 Students will be expected to solve problems that require the manipulation and application of formulas related to perimeter, area, the Pythagorean theorem, primary trigonometric ratios, and income.
Activities
- Financial Math - A Paycheck Story Desmos Activity - A story about what you should see on a paycheck in Nova Scotia... featuring wages, deductions and taxes.
- Summer Tree Planting - Investigate how much money you could earn planting trees during the summer. How much money could you make? Would this be a good summer job? What are the pros/cons of this type of employment. The questions on page 204 of McGraw Hill's Math at Work 10 textbook are a good starting point but you could discuss with students if planting 3500 trees per week is realistic... what do you think?
- Would You Rather? - Would you rather make a salary of $30,000 per year OR the full time rate of $15 per hour? Assume that you would work a 40 hour work week with the hourly rate. Whichever answer you choose, justify your reasoning.
- Part Time Jobs - Research some part time jobs that high school students typically work in. What makes for a good job and what is a bad job?