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Mobile Phone Budget Decisions

Help Kai choose a mobile phone for staying in touch with family. Compare the options, make a savings plan and explain the trade-offs. All amounts are in Australian dollars.

Phone options

Kai has $18 each week: $12 pocket money and $6 for helping with chores. Kai wants a phone that is reliable for calls and messages, but also hopes to save for a family trip. Compare these options.

Phone option

Price

Useful features

Basic

$96

Calls and messages; sturdy case

Everyday

$144

Calls and messages; better battery; camera

Premium

$210

Calls and messages; best camera; large screen

Make a sensible choice

Use the phone options and Kai’s weekly income to answer each question.

1.Kai receives $12 pocket money and earns $6 for chores each week. What is Kai’s total weekly income?
2.Kai needs to contact family when plans change. Which is the best way to describe having a phone that can make calls and send messages?
  • A need in this situation
  • A want in every situation
  • A luxury that is never useful
3.Kai chooses the Premium phone instead of the Basic phone. What extra amount must Kai pay, and what is one feature Kai gets in return?
4.Kai wants a phone that supports calls and messages and costs no more than $150. Which options meet both conditions?
  • Basic only
  • Basic and Everyday
  • Everyday and Premium
  • All three options
5.Kai decides to save $8 of the $18 received each week. How much money is left each week for other spending?
6.If Kai saves $8 each week and does not spend any of the phone savings, how many weeks will it take to afford the Everyday phone at $144?
7.After saving $8 each week for 12 weeks, how much will Kai have saved? Is that enough for the Basic phone?
8.Complete Kai’s weekly plan: income $18; phone savings $8; other spending $10. Do the savings and spending add up to the income?
  • True
  • False
9.Kai saves $8 each week instead of spending it straight away. Name one thing Kai might need to spend less on while saving, and explain why.
10.Recommend one phone for Kai. Give two reasons based on the budget and what Kai needs. There can be more than one sensible answer.

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  • Mobile Phone Budget Decisions, page 1 of 3: Phone options, Make a sensible choice

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  • Mobile Phone Budget Decisions, page 2 of 3: 3. Kai chooses the Premium phone instead of the Basic phone. What extra amount must Kai…

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