Ways to Earn Money
Aligned to JS:EI-1 — Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education & Advance CTE Career Clusters.
What this lesson teaches
Money comes from doing work someone else values. At your age that might be an allowance for chores, or a small job for a neighbor. The pattern is the same as a grown-up job: you agree on the work and the pay before you start, then you do what you agreed.
Worked examples
Example 1
A neighbor pays you $5 to rake their leaves. You agreed on the price and the job before you started, so nobody is surprised at the end.
Example 2
Two jobs can pay the same but take very different time. $10 for two hours of yard work is $5 an hour; $10 for walking a dog twice is much more per hour.
Example 3
If you do not finish what you agreed to, you do not get paid the full amount. That is true at 10 and at 30.
Practice questions
- List three ways someone your age could earn money.
- Pick one and work out how much you would earn per hour.
- Why is it important to agree on the pay before the work starts?
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Formas de ganar dinero
El dinero viene de hacer un trabajo que alguien más valora. A tu edad puede ser una mesada por quehaceres, o un trabajito para un vecino. El patrón es igual que en un trabajo de adulto: acuerdas el trabajo y el pago antes de empezar, y luego cumples lo acordado.
Ejemplo 1: Un vecino te paga $5 por rastrillar sus hojas. Acordaron el precio y el trabajo antes de empezar, así que nadie se sorprende al final.
Ejemplo 2: Dos trabajos pueden pagar lo mismo y tomar tiempos muy distintos. $10 por dos horas de jardín son $5 por hora; $10 por pasear a un perro dos veces es mucho más por hora.
Ejemplo 3: Si no terminas lo que acordaste, no te pagan la cantidad completa. Eso es cierto a los 10 años y a los 30.
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