Idea 17of 23Builds onTaxes join in one revenue
A town budget in 100 squares
How can you see where a town's money goes?
Today you'll discover
- what a budget is
- how 100 squares show the whole
- how to read one part
Think firstHow Maple Town spends every $100
Which part of Maple Town's spending is the biggest?
Decide first, then press Next. Count rows of 10 squares.
A square grid of 100 small squares: each is $1 of every $100 Maple Town spends. Bands of rows fill it: police and fire 30, roads 20, buses 10, parks 10, garbage pickup 10, library and more 20. The roads band is then outlined: 20 of the 100 squares, $20 of every $100, 20%. The last step shows Pine Village.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
A budget shows how the revenue is shared out: each part of the whole is one service.
Squares and percentsOn a 100-square grid, a part's squares are its percent: 20 squares is 20% of the whole.
Easy to get wrongMaple Town's numbers are made up. Every real town has its own budget, and its council votes on it each year.
Key word
- budget
- a plan for how money will be spent; a government's budget shares out its revenue
Ready to use it?
- Read a part of a budget off a 100-square grid.
- Find the biggest part of a budget.