UNIT 2 Recording Planned Income and Expenditure Section B: Long Questions
11. Angela Deane has just commenced work in her local hotel, in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
(i) Categorise Angela’s spending in the table provided and indicate if it is fixed, irregular or discretionary by inserting a tick (√) in the appropriate column. Item
Cost per month €
Rent
Broadband Electricity Clothes
Holiday fund Mobile phone Groceries
Car insurance Diesel
Car loan
1,100 75 20
100 20 25
100 120 200 300
(ii) Using the above figures, enter the total planned spending in the summary table below: Planned Expenditure Irregular
€ Fixed
Discretionary Total Planned Expenditure
(iii) Draw a bar chart to illustrate Angela’s spending per month for each of the categories: fixed, irregular and discretionary.
Fixed Irregular Discretionary
(iv) Angela has discovered that she needs to save. Where might she save?