IXL | Planned and unplanned spending decisions

Judy takes classes at an art school. Choose whether each of these financial decisions is an example of planned or unplanned spending.

	Planned	Unplanned
Judy spends $ 10 each day for lunch at school.
Judy spends $ 25 each week to take a train to school.
Judy sees a picture frame at a yard sale and spends $ 60 to buy it.

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Cindy bought a house and is fixing it up. Choose whether each of these financial decisions is an example of planned or unplanned spending.

	Planned	Unplanned
Cindy drops a box of tiles, and the tiles break. She pays for a new box of tiles.
Cindy makes a house payment each month.
Cindy pays for a home design app each month.

Choose whether each financial decision is an example of planned or unplanned spending.

Cindy drops a box of tiles, and the tiles break. She pays for a new box of tiles.
Cindy did not expect the box of tiles to break. She did not put aside money to pay for a new box of tiles. This is an example of unplanned spending.

Cindy makes a house payment each month.
Making a house payment each month is an expense Cindy can plan for. This is an example of planned spending.

Cindy pays for a home design app each month.
Paying for a home design app each month is an expense Cindy can plan for. This is an example of planned spending.

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