In class, we calculated some imaginary paychecks for fictional employees working at Teen USA (a made-up place). What we had to do was take the employees' gross payment and subtract their taxes, then determine how much their net pay was worth. I accomplished this tax with a feeling of shock over just how much money is deducted from an employee's paycheck in taxes. I did the math part well, but could've done a much better job in learning the formulas before plunging in headfirst.
This is the automobile shopping project, where we learned that cars are definitely not cheap!
I learned that some states have minimal insurance requirements and that if you're a young driver, your insurance premium is usually a lot higher than your parents' probably is. What we did was that we looked up three different cars (preferably of three different kinds, i.e., Hyundai, Toyota, and Subaru) and did the math on how expensive car insurance is and how much a car is worth based on its reliability ratings (as well as other ratings). I did the part of researching insurance and finding cars well, and could've improved on finding the actual price of the car.
I learned that some states have minimal insurance requirements and that if you're a young driver, your insurance premium is usually a lot higher than your parents' probably is. What we did was that we looked up three different cars (preferably of three different kinds, i.e., Hyundai, Toyota, and Subaru) and did the math on how expensive car insurance is and how much a car is worth based on its reliability ratings (as well as other ratings). I did the part of researching insurance and finding cars well, and could've improved on finding the actual price of the car.