Course Catalog / BMU 020 / Job aid
Store and Paycheck Check
Keep it on your phone or in your wallet.
Unit price
- ☐ Price รท size = unit price
- ☐ Compare the same units
- ☐ Lower unit price = better buy
Percents
- ☐ 10 percent: move the decimal one place left
- ☐ 20 percent: double 10 percent
- ☐ Sale price = price minus discount
- ☐ Tip or tax = price times the percent as a decimal
Estimate
- ☐ Round 50 cents or more up
- ☐ Keep a running total
- ☐ Check the receipt before you leave
- ☐ Overcharge not fixed? Your state weights and measures office
Pay stub
- ☐ Gross = hours times rate
- ☐ Social Security 6.2 percent, Medicare 1.45 percent
- ☐ Net = gross minus deductions
- ☐ Pay problem? Payroll first, then Wage and Hour Division 1 866 487 9243
Measures
- ☐ 12 inches = 1 foot, 3 feet = 1 yard
- ☐ 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
- ☐ 2 cups = 1 pint, 4 cups = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Use it
- In 7 days: Use unit prices and a running total on one real shopping trip.
- In 30 days: Check two of your own pay stubs and retake the self check.
- Put both dates on your calendar now.