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Grade 11, Money Matters 4: Pay<strong>in</strong>g for a Car<br />

Student Handbook, How Much Can You Afford?<br />

Part 1: Your Monthly Car Payments<br />

How Much Can You Afford?<br />

Now that you’ve figured out your “Car Budget,” complete the chart below to figure out how much<br />

you actually have to spend on car payments – after all those operat<strong>in</strong>g expenses.<br />

Subtotal<br />

a) Monthly Car Budget<br />

(from previous worksheet) $____________<br />

b) Operat<strong>in</strong>g Expenses (gas, ma<strong>in</strong>tenance, <strong>in</strong>surance)<br />

(33% of a, or 0.33 X a) $____________<br />

c) Monthly Balance for Car Payments<br />

(a – b = c) $____________<br />

Part 2: Your Car’s Value<br />

Now let’s see what car value you can afford based on those monthly payments. Let’s say you<br />

found a 36-month loan with a 5% <strong>in</strong>terest rate, and you have $500 for a down payment. The<br />

chart below shows how your monthly payment translates to the car’s value. F<strong>in</strong>d your monthly payment<br />

at the bottom of the graph. F<strong>in</strong>d your vehicle’s value on the left.<br />

About how much can you spend on a car? Answer: __________________________________<br />

SOURCE: www.consumerreports.org<br />

© 2010 Roads to Success. For <strong>in</strong>formation on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license, visit www.roadstosuccess.org.<br />

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