Remember: Gross pay minus tax is take-home pay. Plan with what really arrives.
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Rosa's pay slipOn Friday Aunt Rosa came home from the bakery with a pay slip. It showed how her pay had been worked out. Mina read it from the top. First came the hours and the rate: Rosa worked eight hours at five coins an hour. Eight hours at five coins an hour came to forty coins. That is her gross pay, which is everything earned before anything is taken out. Next came a line that said tax. Tax is a share every worker pays the town. It keeps up the roads, the school, the park and the library. Rosa's share was six coins. Anything taken out of pay is called a deduction, and tax is one of them. Last came her take-home pay, also called net pay. Forty take away six left thirty-four coins. When Rosa planned her week she used thirty-four, not forty, because take-home pay is what really arrives. Mina checked the slip the other way: thirty-four plus six made forty again. A good slip always adds up.
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What is gross pay on Rosa's slip?
The coins left after the taxEverything she earned, before anything is taken outThe share the town takes
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Rosa works 8 hours at 5 coins an hour. Her gross pay is coins.
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The tax on her slip is 6 coins. Her take-home pay is coins.
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What is the tax for, in Rosa's town?
Roads, schools, parks and librariesMore pay for RosaFlour for the bakery
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Rosa should plan her week with her gross pay, 40 coins.
TrueFalse
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Circle every line that is taken out of Rosa's pay.
TaxGross payA deductionTake-home pay
Order, match and fix
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Read Rosa's slip from the top. Number the lines in order.
Hours worked and the rate
Take-home pay
Gross pay
Tax
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Join each word to what it means.
1Gross pay
2Tax
3Deduction
4Take-home pay
Aeverything earned before tax
Ba share the town takes
Cwhat is left to spend and save
Danything taken out of pay
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Check the slip the other way: 34 + 6 = coins. It adds back to the gross pay.
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Another slip says gross pay 50 coins and tax 8 coins. The take-home pay is coins.
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Mina writes: take-home pay is 40 + 6 = 46. Fix the mistake. What should she do with the tax?
Add it to the gross payIgnore itTake it away: 40 − 6 = 34
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If a slip does not add up, a grown-up can ask the bakery about it.
TrueFalse
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Stretch: Rosa works 6 hours at 5 coins an hour. Work out her gross pay and show your sum.
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Draw Rosa's purse and write her take-home pay, 34 coins, on it.
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