Grade 4 · The Planning Year · Week 29

How Big Should It Be?

Sized against what a month of your plan costs, not against a feeling.

This game goes with week 29 of the workbook. Do the page first; the game is for seeing the numbers move. Nothing you type is kept.

Build the set-aside

Row a is done for you: $9.00 a week is $36.00 a month, and at $3.00 a week that is 12 weeks.

Row b: plan $5.00 a week. A month costs$ Setting aside $2.00 a week. Weeks to get there

Row c: plan $12.00 a week. A month costs$ Setting aside $4.00 a week. Weeks to get there

Row d: plan $7.50 a week. A month costs$ Setting aside $2.50 a week. Weeks to get there

Row e: plan $10.00 a week. A month costs$ Setting aside $8.00 a week. Weeks to get there

The challenge

You set aside $2.00 a week, and after 6 weeks something costs you $10.00 out of it.

Which week from the start do you reach $28.00?

Watch it build

A plan of $ a week, setting aside $ . A surprise in week costing $

The target is a month of the plan: $36.00.

It reaches the target in week 12.

The set-aside is not a thing you have, it is a thing you build, and a surprise can arrive in week two.

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