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Money · Ages 10+ · Set A
Pay slips and take-home pay
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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

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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.
  1. 1Gross pay
  2. 2Tax
  3. 3Deduction
  4. 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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Answer key · Set A
Pay slips and take-home pay
1Everything she earned, before anything is taken out Gross pay is everything earned, before anything is taken out. The coins left over are the take-home pay.
240 8 hours times 5 coins an hour is 40 coins.
334 40 take away 6 leaves 34 coins to take home.
4Roads, schools, parks and libraries Everyone pays a share of tax, and it keeps the town's roads, schools, parks and libraries.
5False Only the take-home pay really arrives, so she plans with 34 coins.
6Tax, A deduction Tax is a deduction, and a deduction is anything taken out. Gross pay is earned, and take-home pay is kept.
71, 4, 2, 3 The slip starts with the hours and the rate, then gross pay, then the tax, and last the take-home pay.
81-A, 2-B, 3-D, 4-C Gross is everything earned, tax is the town's share, a deduction is anything taken out, and take-home pay is what is left.
940 34 + 6 = 40, the gross pay, so the slip adds up.
1042 50 take away 8 leaves 42.
11Take it away: 40 − 6 = 34 Tax is taken out of the pay, so take it away from the gross: 40 − 6 = 34.
12True A good slip always adds up, and if one does not, a grown-up asks.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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