Grade 3 · The Choosing Year · Week 28

How Long to Earn It?

A price, in hours instead of dollars. It is the same number wearing different clothes.

This game goes with week 28 of the workbook. Do the page first; the game is for seeing the numbers move. Nothing you type is kept.

The price, in hours

Row a is done for you: $24 at $8 an hour is 3 hours.

Row b: $45, earning $9 an hour. HoursRow c: $60, earning $12 an hour. HoursRow d: $35, earning $7 an hour. HoursRow e: $100, earning $10 an hour. Hours

The challenge

It costs $50, you earn $10 an hour, and getting to the work takes half an hour each way.

How many hours does it really cost?

Something you want

It costs $ , earning $ an hour.

That is 3 hours of work.

The same label, a different number of hours for every person. Neither of them is being silly.

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

Other weeks with a game: 13 Write It Down, 14 In and Out, 15 The Week in a Picture, 17 Saving Takes Weeks, 18 A Little Every Time, 22 A Share of What You Have, 32 Paying It Back, 33 A Whole Month. All games.