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Work: Beginning Numeracy
Section 3: Calculating Year-to-Date Amounts
EL Civics 2011-13
Unit Description:
This unit is divided into three sections with each section having 3 to 5 activities. This
document contains teaching materials for Section 3.
 Section 1: Calculating Gross Pay
 Section 2: Calculating Net Pay
 Section 3: Calculating Year-to-Date Amount
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What is Year-to-Date? (S3-A1)
Teacher’s Note: Show paystubs to students for them to find year-to-date
information. Discuss what year-to-date means.
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Calculating Year-to-Date Net Pay (S3-A2)
or
Circle the person who has the highest net pay.
1.
Mike: He makes $466 a week before taxes. He pays $78.29 for a
federal tax. He pays $24.92 for Social Security. He pays $15.78 for
Medicare and he pays $31.56 for state taxes.
After taxes, how much money does he make a week? __________
After taxes, how much money does he make a year? __________
2. Laura: She makes $2,100 a month before taxes. She pays $381.43 for
a federal tax. She pays $85.46 for Social Security. She pays $68.32
for Medicare and she pays $200.35 for state taxes.
After taxes, how much money does she make a month? __________
After taxes, how much money does she make a year? __________
3. David: He makes $26,400 before taxes. He pays $4,234.76 for a
federal tax. He pays $1,045.23 for Social Security. He pays $543.23
for Medicare and he pays $2,145.23 for state taxes.
After taxes, how much money does he make a week? __________
After taxes, how much money does he make a month? __________
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Calculating Pay from Yearly Salary (S3-A3:Beg-1)
Division: (÷) Dividing a big number into smaller parts.
16 ÷ 2 = Dividing 16 into 2 different groups = 8 and 8
16 ÷ 2 = 8
Example: Sam has a job that pays $24,000 a year. How much money
does he make a month?
(Hint: 12 months = 1 year)
$24,000 ÷ 12 months = $2,000 a month
1. Yearly salary: $48,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
2. Yearly salary: $36,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
3. Yearly salary: $72,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
4. Yearly salary: $60,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
5. Yearly salary: $14,400
Monthly salary: $ _________
6. Yearly salary: $30,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
(Hint: 52 weeks in one year)
7. Yearly salary: $28,600
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
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8. Yearly salary: $20,800
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary $ _________
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Calculating weekly and monthly pay (S3-A3:Beg-2)
Division: (÷) Dividing a big number into smaller parts.
16 ÷ 2 = Dividing 16 into 2 different groups = 8 and 8
16 ÷ 2 = 8
Example: Sam has a job that pays $24,000 a year. How much money does he make
a month?
(Hint: 12 months = 1 year)
$24,000 ÷ 12 months = $2,000 a month
How much money does he make a week? (Hint: 52 weeks = 1 year)
$24,000 ÷ 52 weeks = $461.53846 = $461.53
1. Yearly salary: $48,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
2. Yearly salary: $36,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
3. Yearly salary: $72,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
4. Yearly salary: $60,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
5. Yearly salary: $14,400
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
6. Yearly salary: $30,000
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
7. Yearly salary: $28,600
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
8. Yearly salary: $20,800
Monthly salary: $ _________
Weekly salary: $ _________
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Calculate Year-to-Date Net-Pay (S3-A4)
Teacher’s Note: Develop an activity in which students look at a number of
sequential paystubs and calculate year-to-date information from those, such
as gross pay, deductions, and net pay.
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Year-to-Date Word Problems (S3-A5)
Teacher’s Note: Create word problems related to year-to-date gross and net
pay. Have students calculate year-to-date gross pay, deductions, and net pay
from these problems.
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Complete the Paystub Activity (S3)
Teacher’s Note: Put student into groups of 3 or 4. Give each group a sample
of a weekly or bi-weekly paystub. Tell them that everything stays the same
on that paycheck week to week. Then have them calculate year-to-date
amounts for gross pay, each listed deduction, and net pay for the following
time increments:
 6 weeks
 3 months
 6 months
 1 year
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