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3.03 Personal budgets

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Budgets
1

Paul's budget includes expenses for rent, school uniforms, essential food, snacks, electricity, water, internet and a video streaming site.

a

Which of these are best described as fixed expenses?

b

Which of these are best described as variable expenses?

c

Which of these are best described as discretionary expenses?

2

The table shows Fiona’s weekly budget:

a

Find the value of:

i
A
ii
B
b

Fiona saves any money that she has not spent. How much does Fiona save each week?

IncomeExpenses
\text{Wages}\$80\text{Phone}\$8.50
\text{Umpiring}\$25\text{Bus ticket}\$13
\text{Entertainment}B
\text{Food}\$45.25
\text{Total}A\text{Total}\$91.15
3

A weekly budget is shown in the table:

a

Calculate the weekly expenses.

b

Calculate the weekly savings.

c

Calculate the percentage of income saved correct to two decimal places.

d

Calculate the percentage of income spent on mortgage payments correct to two decimal places.

e

Calculate the amount paid on the mortgage in one year.

Income Expenses
\text{Earnings}\$505\text{Mortgage}\$147
\text{Electricity} \$23
\text{Food} \$64
\text{Council Rates} \$22
\text{Insurance} \$20
\text{Water} \$64
\text{Clothing} \$46
\text{Entertainment} \$56
4

Amelia earns a weekly salary of \$723 and receives income from other sources of \$126. Her weekly expenses are: rent \$199, groceries \$51, petrol \$33, electricity \$33, telephone \$23, magazines \$13 and clothes \$62. Calculate:

a
Her weekly income
b
Her weekly expenses
c
Her weekly savings
d
Her annual savings
5

A weekly budget has total expenses of \$1235 and a total income of \$1350. Assume there are 52 weeks in a year.

a

Find the weekly savings.

b

Find the annual savings.

6

Judy writes down a fortnightly budget and finds that she has total expenses of \$1830 and a total fortnightly income of \$1712.

a

Find the fortnightly defecit in dollars.

b

Judy is using her credit card to pay the budget deficit. How big is her credit card debt in dollars after 10 weeks? Assume there's no interest charged.

7

Oliver's driver's licence renewal costs \$135 each year. He is preparing a fortnightly budget. How much should he include in the fortnightly budget for driver's licence renewal?

8

Michael has a fortnightly income of \$1200 and his expenses are \$400 per fortnight for rent, \$140 per fortnight for food, \$90 per fortnight for transportation, and \$40 per month for his phone bill. Determine how much money Michael can save each fortnight.

9

Max creates the following fortnightly budget table:

a

Find the minimum amount that Max can put aside for savings each fortnight.

b

Max decides to eliminate all discretionary expenses to save for a new car. How much can he save per fortnight now?

Income Expenses
\text{Wage}\$1850\text{Rent}\$750
\text{Fuel}\$120
\text{Essential} \\ \text{groceries}\$190
\text{Take-away} \\ \text{dinners}\$55
\text{Take-away} \\ \text{coffees}\$50
\text{Electricity}\$42
\text{Water}\$33
\text{Phone and} \\ \text{internet}\$48
\text{Video} \\ \text{streaming site}\$7
Expenses
10

Sally earns \$610 per week. Her weekly work related expenses are \$185 on travel and \$86 on lunch. What percentage of her weekly income goes towards work related expenses?

11

Amerie pays rent of \$239 per week, and must budget for electricity and water costs of \$533 per quarter. How much should she put aside each week to cover these expenses?

12

Ursula is preparing a weekly budget. Her phone and internet bills combined is \$109 per month. How much should she set aside each week for this expense?

13

Edward's gas bill arrives quarterly and is \$120 on average. How much does he pay for gas each week?

14

Third party property insurance costs \$33.34 a month. What is the cost per week?

15

Ronald bought a new truck for \$25\,530. His vehicle registration is \$647 per year and his comprehensive insurance is \$76.95 per month. What is the total cost of registration and insurance per year?

16

Amelia earns a gross annual salary of \$34\,500. She wants to put aside equal monthly amounts towards starting her own business. If she must pay income tax of 24\% and other expenses adding up to \$19\,650 per annum, how much does she have left to set aside each month?

17

Buzz’s current income of \$327 is to increase by \$6.54, but his current expenses of \$114.45 are also set to increase by 4\%.

a

What percentage of his income is currently consumed by expenses?

b

Calcuate the percentage of income consumed by expenses after the increases. Give your answer to two decimal places if necessary.

c

Calculate the change in percentage of his income consumed by expenses.

18

Sally earns a weekly salary of \$1195 and receives income from other sources of \$181. Her weekly expenses are on the right:

Calculate:

a

The percentage of income saved, correct to two decimal places.

b

The percentage of income spent on magazines and clothes, correct to two decimal places.

c
The amount of rent paid annually.
d

The number of full weeks needed to accumulate enough savings to pay for a holiday that costs \$3800.

  • Rent \$122

  • Groceries \$97

  • Petrol \$60

  • Electricity \$46

  • Telephone \$28

  • Magazines \$10

  • Clothes \$79

19

Rosey wants to take out a car loan, making regular monthly repayments. She expects the other costs to be:

  • \$40 per week for petrol

  • \$80 per month for insurance

  • \$60 per annum for the renewal of her driver's license

  • \$400 every six months for servicing

  • \$600 per annum for registration

a

Calculate the equivalent annual cost of each of the following:

i

Petrol

ii

Insurance

iii

License

iv

Servicing

v

Registration

b

What is the total annual cost of running the car?

c

If she has an annual income of \$79\,000, and can spend 13\% of it on buying and running the car, what monthly repayment can she afford to make on the car loan?

20

Ellie has an annual income of \$65\,000 and wants to buy a house. The bank determines how much she can safely borrow by requiring that the weekly repayment is at most 40\% of her weekly income. Find her maximum weekly repayment.

21

Derek has an annual income of \$55\,000 and his partner Sam has an annual income of \$70\,000.Their expenses are:

  • Mortgage repayments of \$1800 per fortnight

  • Council rates of \$1640 per year

  • \$330 per quarter for electricity

  • \$110 per quarter for gas

  • \$240 per quarter for water

  • \$120 per week for fuel

  • \$1450 per year for vehicle registrations

  • \$90 per week for groceries

  • \$1600 per year for insurances

  • \$95 for phone and internet per month

  • \$110 per week for entertainment

  • \$120 for restaurants per week

If Derek and Sam decide to put all their disposable income towards paying off their mortgage, what will their new fortnightly mortgage repayments be?

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prepare a personal budget for a given income, taking into account fixed and discretionary spending

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