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You have been working hard to save money for the past 5 years.

Now, you are ready to buy a house and car and get on your own.

The money you have saved is going to go towards the down payment of your house andcar. You will complete each of the tasks below:

Every day you must complete a journal entry using the journal entry prompt. This can be found on page 12.

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Part 1- Career

Choose a career card. On the card is your yearly salary. That is the amount of money you will make in 1 year.

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Part 2- Taxes

Out of every persons paycheck comes taxes.

Use the expense chart to find the amount of money that will be taken out of your check for each tax and how much money you will have remaining.

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Part 3- House

Where are you going to live?

Based on your monthly income, determine which type of house you can afford.

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Part 4- Car

What are you going to drive?

Based on your income, determine what kind of car you can afford to buy.

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Part 5- Food Shopping

Use the laptops to go food shopping at a local supermarket.

Make a shopping list with the prices of each item to estimate

the amount of money you will spend on food in a month.

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Part 6- Monthly budget

Use the monthly budget chart to determine how much money you will spend on various expenses each month.

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Part 7- Journal

You will keep a daily journal throughout this project.

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Part 8 - Rubric

Use the Rubric and grade your project. Be sure you have included everything listed in the rubric.