Remember: A match is extra pay: the boss adds coins when you add yours, up to a cap. Add nothing, and no match comes.
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The Greenmarket matchFour friends worked at the Greenmarket garden center: Dara, Ezra, Fen and Gil. Each had a later jar with a lock. One morning the boss, Oba, pinned up a notice that said, "Add a coin, I add one, up to two a pay day." Dara added two coins, Oba added two more, and the jar grew by four. Ezra added four coins, but Oba's match stopped at two, so six went in: four his and two Oba's. Fen added one coin and Oba added one, so two coins went in. Gil added nothing, so no match came, because a match follows your own coins. After twelve pay days, Dara had added twenty-four coins and Oba had added twenty-four: forty-eight in all. Why would a boss do this? A match helps keep good workers, and it helps them save, so everybody gains a little. People call a match free money, but it is part of the pay, and it only comes to those who add their own coins first. Real matches come with rules, like how long a worker must stay, and they differ by place and by boss. A grown-up can explain the ones near you.
1
What must a worker do first to get Oba's match?
Wait a whole yearAdd their own coins to the jarAsk the boss for a loan
2
Look at the table. Dara adds 2 coins and Oba adds 2. Dara's jar gets coins.
3
Ezra adds 4 coins, but Oba's match stops at coins.
4
Look at the bars. Add all four jars: 4 + 6 + 2 + 0 = coins.
5
Gil adds nothing, so he still gets a match.
TrueFalse
Order, match and fix
6
Circle every true sentence about a match.
It is extra pay for adding your own coinsIt is a loan the boss wants backIt follows what you add, up to the capIt comes even when you add nothingReal ones have rules, like how long a worker must stay
7
Number what happens on Ezra's pay day.
Six coins sit in the jar: four his and two Oba's
Ezra drops four coins in his jar
Oba matches coin for coin, up to two
8
Join each word to its meaning.
1match
2cap
3pay day
4later jar
Athe most the boss will add each pay day
Bwhen workers add to their jars
Ca jar with a lock, kept for later
Dextra coins the boss adds when you add
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Why would a boss offer a match?
To get the coins backBecause workers asked for a loanTo keep good workers and help them save
10
Fen says: Oba adds the match even if I add nothing. What is the mix-up?
A match follows your own coins, so nothing added means no matchOba adds doubleOba adds only on weekends
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Fen adds 1 coin and Oba adds 1 each pay day. After 12 pay days Fen's jar holds coins.
12
Ask a grown-up if any boss they know adds to a savings jar. Write what a worker has to do to get it.
13
Draw Ezra's jar with his 4 coins and Oba's 2 coins in different colors.
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Answer key · Set A
Employer match: free money
1Add their own coins to the jar A match follows your own coins. Add a coin and Oba adds one, up to two.
24 2 + 2 = 4 coins.
32 The notice said: add a coin, I add one, up to two a pay day.
412 4 + 6 = 10, 10 + 2 = 12, and 12 + 0 = 12.
5False A match follows your own coins. No coins from Gil means none from Oba.
6It is extra pay for adding your own coins, It follows what you add, up to the cap, Real ones have rules, like how long a worker must stay A match is extra pay that follows your own coins, up to a limit, and real ones have rules. It is not a loan.
73, 1, 2 Ezra adds first, then Oba matches up to two, then the jar is counted.
81-D, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C These are the words of the story. Oba's cap was two coins a pay day.
9To keep good workers and help them save A match helps keep good workers and helps them save, so everybody gains a little.
10A match follows your own coins, so nothing added means no match Oba's coins follow yours. Gil added nothing, and so no match came.
1124 2 coins a pay day × 12 pay days = 24 coins.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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