7th grade
Budget Project
Month 8 -Speeeding Ticket/Jay Walking Ticket
If you do not have a car you have a $100 jay walking ticket
If you drive you have a speeding ticket You have three options
Option 1: Pay it - If you choose to pay, it costs $300 plus your car insurance goes up 10%
Option 2: Traffic School - You must pay your $300 ticket and pay $100 for traffic School, but your insurance does not go up.
Option 3: Fight it - To fight it you must play odds and evens with the number generator.
Odds - You lose! It costs you $300 plus $150 penalty assessment and your car insurance goes up 10%. You miss 1 day of work
Evens - You win! You just miss a day of work.
Month 7-What's That noise
You hear a rattling noise coming from your car. You take it to the mechanic. Play odds and evens to see what he says:
Evens: He finds a soda can in your trunk that has been rattling around - No charge
Odds: You need a tune up and it will cost $150
Second Opinion
You were not happy with that diagnosis so you take the car to another mechanic. Play odds & evens to find out what he says.
Odds: He finds a soda can in your trunk that has been rattling around - No charge
Evens: You need transmission work done. It will cost you $300
No Car-No Problem. Journal about a friends car trouble
Half a page journal entry for the month minimum.
