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Welcome to the world of Personal Finance!

Fourth and fifth grade students are about to enter the world of Personal Finance.  Students will create a persona for a fictitious person.  During the next 3 weeks, they will make decisions from a minimum job through retirement. Students will help their identity apply for a job and determine both the gross and net wage.  They pay bills and learn how to manage credit card debt.  In addition, they will make decisions regarding health insurance, mortgage a house and save for retirement.

Members of the 4th grade Debate Club at Eagle Elementary School .

Brainteaser

What is special about this group of numbers?

8,5,4,9,1,7,6,10,3,2,0

How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000? (use only addition)

submitted by Stephanie

The Coney Island Crabcake Company-submitted by Luca

The seven employees of the Coney Island Crab Cake Company are sitting in the lunchroom having lunch when they decide that they would like to know the average salary at the company.  Obviously, each person could write down his salary, or they could add the salaries and divide by seven.  But, they don't want to do that because nobody wants to divulge his salary.  As luck would have it, the boss enters the lunchroom.  The employees ask if he can tell them the average salary.  He says, "No, but I can tell you the highest salary and the lowest.  And I can tell you that none of you earn the same amount." Is there a way for these seven people to figure out what the average salary is without divulging anyone's salary AND without discovery the highest and lowest salary?

Writing students are busy working on building vocabulary, analogies, grammar and free writing.  Free writing has included poetry, memoirs, feature articles and fictional pieces.