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Learning objective overview
Master Teaching Guide coverage for this objective.
Current NZC (2007)
NA4-3
New NZC (2026)
NZC26-P4-NUM-FIN-K-Y10-01NZC26-P3-NUM-FIN-P-Y8-01
Resources
- CorbettMaths on wagesQuestions PDF · Answers
- CorbettMaths on billsQuestions PDF · Answers
Terminology
- Budget
- Income
- Expenses
- Surplus
- Deficit
- Percentage of an amount
Task goals
- Calculate the amount left in a budget after subtracting one or more expenses from income.
- Find a weekly, monthly, or per-person/per-week rate by dividing a total budget or cost.
- Find a percentage of a budget for one spending category, and read a spending percentage from a pie chart.
- Calculate a new amount after a budget is increased or decreased by a given percentage, including reversing a discount or GST addition to find an original price.
- Reason about surplus or deficit when comparing planned spending (including percentage-based and ratio-based splits) against a budget or income.
Where this fits
What leads into this objective, and where it goes next.
Before
Increasing and decreasing by a given percentage
Percentage Change: Increase, Decrease and Reverse Percentages
Relationship between percentages, fractions, and decimals
You are here
Budgets
Know
Percentages, ratios, rates, and proportions are often applied in financial situations.
Statement▸
Year 10 · Number · Financial mathematics
NZC26-P4-NUM-FIN-K-Y10-01
Next
Year 10 is the last year of this phase — the curriculum lists nothing after this. No extension resources on the site yet.
Also under NA4-3:
For teachers
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