Idea 19of 23Builds onRead a spending bar graph
Health care is Ontario's biggest part
What does Ontario spend the most tax money on?
Today you'll discover
- Ontario's biggest spending part
- how to say it as a fraction
Think firstHow Ontario spends every $100
What do you think Ontario spends the most on?
Decide first, then press Next. Count rows of 10 squares.
A 100-square grid for every $100 Ontario spends, rounded to the nearest $10: health care 40 squares, schools and colleges 20, help for families 10, everything else 30. Beside it a bar graph of the same parts. The health care band and bar are outlined: 40 of the 100 squares, 40%.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Ontario spends the biggest part of its revenue, about $40 of every $100, on health care.
Easy to get wrongThese parts are rounded to the nearest $10. Ontario shows its real budget every year, usually in the spring.
Where it goesHealth care money pays for hospitals, doctors and nurses, so people do not pay at the door for care they need.
Key word
- health care
- hospitals, doctors and nurses that keep people well; in Ontario, OHIP pays for the care people need
Ready to use it?
- Read Ontario's biggest spending part.
- Say a part as a fraction of the whole.