Display the transparency with checks. Demonstrate to the students how to complete one. Inform them that at many work areas, checks are typed or printed using computers. Also, mention to them that checks are a means of paying for things that we purchase as long as we have the money in the bank. Tell the students that the check amount will be made for less than what is calculated when figuring the wages.
Employees have to pay taxes on wages they earn.
Taxes are money paid by people for the support of the government and the cost of public works and services. Explain to them that figuring the taxes is by taking a certain percent of the wages. Model using the transparency of the calculator, students can follow along with you on their calculators. Example, choose an hourly wage from the schedule and figure the amount made for a 40 hour week. Have them enter 282 in the calculator and subtract 42.3, tell them this is the amount the check would made for.