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Lucky's Leprechaun Ledger: Needs vs. Wants and Budgeting
Students help a leprechaun sort shopping items into needs and wants, calculate essential costs, and reflect on spending choices.
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Students help a leprechaun sort shopping items into needs and wants, calculate essential costs, and reflect on spending choices. The worksheet combines addition practice with introductory financial literacy and written reasoning.
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- Students will distinguish between needs and wants.
- Students will add prices to calculate total costs.
- Students will identify essential purchases for a business.
- Students will justify budgeting decisions in writing.
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