Calculating Income to Pay Bills- Budget Activity: Worksheets & Boom Cards

Do your students need help understanding how their hourly wage job will (or will not) be able to cover their monthly expenses?

Stretch the budgeting skill beyond restaurant orders and shopping costs to real-life situations, monthly bills!

Have students calculate their monthly income and decide if it’s enough to cover their bills with this worksheet practice activity (and Boom Cards).

About the resource:

• Students will calculate the cost of all the monthly bills
• Students will calculate the amount of a paycheck
• Students will calculate how much money they will earn from paychecks in 1 month
• Students will determine if they have enough money from paychecks to cover the cost of their bills

Perfect for:

• High school and transition age students
• Life Skills programs
• Consumer Math / Personal Finance classes

Perks:

• 10 different versions
• PDF & Boom Cards!
• NO PREP!
• Answer key included
• Blank version to create your own scenarios!
• Variety of income amounts vary (different hourly wages and pay frequency)
• Variety of bills to pay
• Design and graphics are appropriate for all ages
• Use to gather IEP goal data around functional math skills!

Make budgeting meaningful with this real life income vs monthly expenses practice!

Reviews:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | So functional!

This resource has been invaluable for my functional math class. It has greatly supported my instructional planning, and I’ve observed significant improvements in both my students’ data outcomes and their practical life skills. I highly recommend it to educators seeking effective tools for skill development.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Transition and post-secondary friendly!

This resource has been a huge help teaching DHH post secondary students about budgeting and the importance of it! They understand the clear concrete concepts and questions!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Well formatted and highly useful

Great product. Worked well in a classroom of very diverse learners. Helped the kids really catch on. Engaging and well formatted. Prints perfectly.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★  | Another winner!

As always, a fantastic resource for my adult life skills day program! This is important practice for those I serve.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Easy to Use

Fantastic easy to print and use worksheets! I also loved the Boom Cards version of the resource!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | A well crafted resource

My students were super engaged while using this resource, they asked for more questions!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Excellent Resource

Wonderful way to teach students the basics of budgeting. Thank you!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | Great activity!

Great budgeting activity to use in my transition math class.