Holiday Project!

Follow the handout.
1. Determine your annual income by education level. (Remember there are 52 weeks in a year).
2. Use the tax information to determine your annual post tax income, your weekly post tax income and your monthly post tax income.
3. Follow expenses detailed on your life sheet (loans, support payments, living) and add in the misc. expenses on handout (Con Ed, Health insurance etc).
4. Do four writing sections as detailed on handout.

Project should be typed (extra points!) or neatly written. There should be a cover sheet, a tax calculation sheet, an expense sheet and 2 essay pages at least.

Email me with questions (jgagnon2@schools.nyc.gov)
Project is due January 2nd, no exceptions!

HW #54

Calculate Barbara's increase in annual salary if she initially made $8.25/ hour and now makes $11/ hour. Remember a typical work week is 40 hours and there are 52 weeks in a year.

Discuss her situation after receiving the raise and your feelings and opinions about it.

HW #53

1. Neatly write up your notes on each 'characters' life situation. You can do a four square with what they all have in common in the middle (earning minimium wage).
2. Write a paragraph on what the movie has made you think about or your impression of thier life situations.

Weekend HW #52

1. Write a paragraph detailing a job or career you could see yourself doing as an adult and why. (Please refrain from a sports or entertainment career, even if that's your goal pick a back up in case that doesn't work out).
2. Discuss a reasonable salary that you would expect to receive from this career choice. (IE first year teachers w a bachelor's degree get paid approx. $42,000 annually. Accountants without a CPA b/w $38,000 and $50,000 depending on their experience).
3. From this salary subtract a 33% tax rate (multiply the annual salary by .33 and then subtract this amount from the original salary).
4. Lastly, discuss your understanding of taxes and the implications of taxes on your income.

This should be neatly written or typed with your name and date on the top.

HW #51

page 152 3-6, 10-15

HW #50

page 147 47, 48, 53
page 148 62, 63, 64

HW #49

pg 146 7, 8, 16-19, 26-28

STUDY!

Review questions for tomorrow's quiz
1. 2x - 4x + 4 = 3(4 - 3x) + 6

2. A triangle has a perimeter of 9. Find x if the three sides are 1x, 1x, and 2x + 3

3. 2x/ 6 + x/12 = 1/18. Use the common multiple method to find x.
Hint common multiple 6*6, 12*3, 18*2

4. Verizon charges $18.45 per month and $0.14 per minute for calls. T-mobile charges $32.50 per month and $0.04 per minute. Determine how many minutes of calls per month makes the cost the same.

HW #48

page 145 1-6

HW #47

page 137 9-11 AND 13-15

HW #46

Due tomorrow Dec. 4th
page 136 1-8