Handout 1

Quiz #1
Should these staff keep their jobs??!?

  1. Lucy took $35 out of petty cash and went to the dollar store to buy new journals for everyone. Each journal cost $1.45 including tax. She bought 8 blue ones, 7 red ones and 9 black ones. Did she bring enough money? Should she keep her job?!

  2. Catherine is cooking roast beef for us tonight. She calculated that it would take 2 hours and 40 minutes to cook the roasts and 15 minutes to carve them. As everyone knows, supper at WISH is served at 6pm sharp! Catherine is planning to put the roasts in the oven at 3:30pm. Will she keep her job?!

  3. Diana is writing a grant for the Learning Centre. She wants to make sure that our computer internet expenses are covered in the budget. The monthly charge is $26.95. The budget is for the whole year. She is putting $350 in the budget. Is it enough? Should she keep her job?!