Remember: A subscription keeps going until you stop it, and tiny print can hold a fee. Read the small print, pick a day to ask, do I still use this, and find out how to stop it before you start.
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The Puzzle Box ClubAna loved puzzles, and when her cousin shared one from the Puzzle Box Club it was great fun. At the club's stall, a sign said, "A new puzzle every month! Two coins a month!" Two coins sounded small, so Ana never read the tiny words at the bottom. She paid two coins and got a shiny member card. "A box comes every month, until you stop it," said the clerk. The first box came, and Ana finished the puzzle in a single weekend. Months two and three were as good, but by month four she wanted to try painting. The boxes kept coming. Ana did not open them, and the jar grew lighter, because she had forgotten the club was still going. Then Grandpa took a magnifying glass to the sign. The tiny words said, "Plus one coin for delivery." So each month cost three coins: two for the puzzle and one hidden fee. Ana and Grandpa went back and stopped the club, so no more coins left the jar.
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The sign said 2 coins a month. For 12 months that is coins.
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What did the tiny words at the bottom of the sign say?
Plus one coin for deliveryFree for everStops after three boxes
3
Each month really cost the 2 coins on the sign plus the 1-coin fee. In all, that is coins.
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What does a box comes every month, until you stop it, mean?
It stops by itself when you stop using itIt keeps going until you stop itIt stops after three boxes
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At 3 coins a month, a year of the club costs coins.
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Ana used 4 of the 12 boxes. The 8 crossed out were never used. At 3 coins each, they cost coins.
Think and fix
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Circle every habit that helps with a subscription.
Read the small printPick a day to ask, do I still use this?Trust the big words on the signFind out how to stop it before you startIgnore the boxes
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The boxes stopped coming when Ana stopped opening them.
TrueFalse
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Fix the mistake. Ana says: the sign said two coins a month, so a year costs 24 coins. Is Ana right?
YesNo
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Number Ana's story, first to last.
Grandpa reads the tiny words
She finishes the first puzzle in a weekend
They stop the club
Ana joins at the club's stall
She wants to try painting and stops opening the boxes
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Join each tiny thing on the sign to what it tells you.
1Plus one coin
2a renews loop
3how to stop
Aask before you join
Ba fee every single month
Cit goes round again each month
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Stretch: a year cost 36 coins, and the sign made it look like 24. The year cost coins more than it looked.
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With a grown-up, find something your family pays for each month. Write one way it can be stopped.
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Draw the sign with the tiny words at the bottom.
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