Teaching Mathematics Issue 3 | Page 10

Proverb; A fool and his money are soon

parted

Did you hear the story. “Dad, Can I borrow

your credit card to pay for mum’s birthday

card from sunpig?” Dad finds out at the end

of the month that his son went on a gambling

site and blew £7000

Discussion-

Is this fair? What should dad have done?

What should be done now?

Proverb; Money doesn’t make you happy

A man lost his job. He found another one

in the country, but is on a trial period of 6

weeks. He needs a car to get there. If he

gets the job, he can afford to keep paying

for the car. If he does not work after the

trial period, he cannot afford the car. What

should he do?