1. Buying Dinner It’s dinner time! Mmmm, something sure smells good... It’s your responsibility to buy one item from each menu. You have $40.60 on your credit card to pay for this. Can you select appropriate items to keep you on budget? Record your answers on your worksheet. Menu 1 (the meat) Chicken Beef Fish Deer Pork Menu 2 (veggies) Broccoli Brussel sprouts Corn Carrots Salad Menu 3 (breads) Rolls Pita bread French bread Menu 4 (starch/carbs) Potatoes Pasta Rice Menu 5 (dessert) Ice cream Cake Fruit Yogurt Pie Cookies

2. Ben’s Big Birthday!! Today is Ben’s Birthday! But you forgot to buy him his gifts!!! What should we do?... Select one gift from each section to bring to Ben’s Big Birthday. You have a total of $55.60 to spend. Section 1 – (Video Games) Guitar Hero-World Tour Mario Galaxy Wii Sports Sonic and the Secret Rings Section 2 – (DVD) Pirates of the Caribbean Heroes, Season 1 Napoleon Dynamite Transformers Mean Girls Section 3 – (Money) $ Section 4 – (Candy) Starburst Skittles M&M’s Butterfinger Snickers

3. Shop-til-you-drop!! It’s time for you to hit the mall! Your parents have asked you to go to the store and pick out one new outfit. Choose one item from each of the categories listed to purchase. Too bad your parents only gave you $210.50 to shop... Shirts Red Blue Black White Pants Blue Jeans Slacks Wind pants Shoes Tennis shoes Basketball shoes Loafers Boots Belts Black Brown Blue Khaki Hats Baseball cap Fedora Sombrero Cowboy

4. The dreaded bills...  Well, it’s that dreaded time of month again... BILLS ARE DUE!!! You have $3204.70 to spend on paying bills. Do you have enough money to pay all the bills? Try to make it where you end up paying as many bills as possible. How much do you have left? Do you still owe any money? Water Phone Credit Card 1 Credit Card 2 Electricity Cable Rents

5. ‘Take me out to the ball game...’ Whew! It’s time to kick back and relax a little bit. You’re parents have decided to take you to 4 out of these 7 sporting events this year. Your parents say they have $491.60 to spend on the tickets. Choose the 4 sporting events your parents will buy for you. Note: (Prices shown are for everyone to go, not just for one ticket). Super Bowl Football game World Series Baseball Game Hockey Stanley Cup Volleyball game