Grade 4 · The Venture Year · Week 7

Where the Money Goes

The money a customer hands you does not stay yours. Most of it is already spoken for.

This game goes with week 7 of the workbook. Do the page first; the game is for seeing the numbers move. Nothing you type is kept.

Trace the money

A student sells bracelets at $ each. The string and beads cost $ in total.

Amount
Money that came in (revenue)$60
Money that went out (cost)$18
Money that stayed$42

Change the price or the materials and watch which line moves. The money that arrives is revenue. The number that matters is what stays.

Which of these is a cost?

ItemCost?
String and beads
The money customers paid
A cardboard sign
Borrowing a table from home
Scissors they already owned

The workbook: The Venture Year (free PDF). The teacher guide: answers and watch-fors.

Other weeks with a game: 8 Cost and Price, 9 Profit: What Is Left, 19 What It Costs to Make One, 20 Choosing Your Price, 21 Profit on One Sale, 22 How Many Can You Make?, 32 Count It Up, 33 Did You Make a Profit?. All games.