QR Challenge: Income and Taxes

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Pay received for hourly work is	wages
2. Fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time.	salary
3. Pay that is a percentage of the total amount sold by a salesperson.	commission
4. Pay that is 1.5 times more than the hourly rate.	overtime
5. Advancement to a higher position in a company.	promotion
6. Increase in a worker's pay.	raise
7. Rate of pay for each item produced.	piecework or piece rate
8. Vacations, paid holidays, paid sick leave, etc. that an employer offers in addition to salary.	fringe benefits or perqs
9. Pay before taxes and deductions.	gross pay
10. Pay after taxes and deductions.	net pay
11. Raises employees may receive to try to keep up with inflation.	Cost of living-CoLa
12. A bonus an employee might receive that is not tied to sales or productivity.	signing bonus
13. Pay an employee might receive if a company is profitable.	bonus
14. Opportunity for an employee to purchase share of stock of their company.	stock options
15. Two of the four areas regulated by the Fair Labor Standards Act.	minimum wage and overtime
16. What is the pay for 43.5 hours of work at $8.25/hour (overtime is 1.5).	$373.31
17. What is the commission on the following: 6% commission on sales of $34,000?	$2040
18. What is the pay for 29.75 hours of work at $7.25/hour?	$215.69
19. What three pieces of information should be left on voice mail or text when reporting an absence to the teacher/coordinator.	name, class, reason for absence
20. Social Security tax and Federal Withholding tax are voluntary deductions.	False
21. The cost of an employee to an employer is based strictly on their hourly wage.	False
22. The Fair Labor Standards Act is a major federal law that regulates several areas of work.	True
23. In some situations an employer can pay less than minimum wage.	True
24. A garnishment is a voluntary deduction.	False
25. A person that is paid semi-monthly, twice a month, will receive 26 paychecks.	False
26. The portion of health insurance paid by an employee is considered a voluntary deduction.	true
27. By law you are guaranteed breaks, holiday pay and paid vacations.	False
28. The amount of the paycheck should be the only consideration of a career.	False

 

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