📝 Interactive Worksheet 07: Money & Time
FY8E Social Science 2026 — fill it in, check the key, print it
MONEY & TIME MANAGEMENT
SS4.1 Use and Management of Resources (SS8.4.1.1)
Name:
Class:
Date:
TASK 1 — Budget skills. Mama Losana earns $500 a week. Complete her weekly budget
Item
Amount ($)
% of income
Food
$200
Transport
$75
Bills (water/power)
$60
School needs
$65
Savings
(aim 10%)
TOTAL her expenses so far: $
. How much is left to save? $
TASK 2 — Wise or unwise? (write W or U)
1. Buying with a shopping list
2. Impulse buying
3. Paying yourself first (saving)
4. Using credit cards for everything
5. Growing your own food
6. Planning purchases ahead
TASK 3 — Time management
1. The one resource you cannot store or save:
. A fortnight has
days.
2. List TWO ways you manage your time during exam week.
TASK 4 — Draw YOUR daily timetable after school (5-8pm) in the box below, then answer:
why does a timetable help students?
ANSWER KEY (for self-marking)
• MONEY & TIME MANAGEMENT
• Task 1: Food 40%; Transport 15%; Bills 12%; School 13%; expenses so far $400; left $100 = 20% (10% aim easily met).
• Task 2: 1 W; 2 U; 3 W; 4 U; 5 W; 6 W.
• Task 3: time; 14 days.
• Good time answers: make a study timetable; set priorities (hard subjects first); cut TV time.
• A timetable stops wasted time, sets priorities and balances study, chores and rest - leading to greater productivity.
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