Looking for budgeting worksheets? Build practical budgeting, personal finance, consumer math, and financial literacy skills with this FREE Car Emergency Kit budgeting worksheet! Students compare prices, calculate totals, make purchasing decisions, and stay within a budget while building a realistic emergency kit for a car.

Students have $69 to spend and must choose 4 emergency-kit items for each plan. They compare the prices of practical items such as jumper cables, a first-aid kit, flashlight and batteries, emergency blanket, phone charger, ice scraper, work gloves, food and water, and a folding shovel. Students then create 3 different spending plans while making sure each total stays within the $69 budget.

This engaging free budgeting worksheet supports personal finance, consumer math, financial literacy, functional math, money management, calculator skills, financial decision making, and independent living skills through a practical real-world scenario.

This activity can be used as part of a personal finance curriculum, financial literacy curriculum, consumer math curriculum, functional math curriculum, life skills curriculum, transition program, or adulting made easy program.

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Students Practice

• Budgeting
• Personal Finance
• Consumer Math
• Financial Literacy
• Functional Math
• Money Management
• Comparing Prices
• Addition with Money
• Calculating Totals
• Calculator Skills
• Making Purchasing Decisions
• Financial Decision Making
• Staying Within a Spending Limit
• Creating Multiple Spending Plans
• Independent Living Skills
• Real-World Problem Solving

What's Included?

• 1 Full-Color Car Emergency Kit Budgeting Worksheet
• 10 Realistic Emergency-Kit Items with Prices
• $69 Spending Limit
• 3 Different Budget Plans
• Printable PDF
• Resource Recommendation Page

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This FREE budgeting activity is designed for teens, young adults, and students who benefit from practical, concrete instruction connected to everyday spending decisions. It provides meaningful real-world math practice while supporting a broader personal finance curriculum, financial literacy curriculum, consumer math curriculum, functional math curriculum, life skills program, transition program, or adulting made easy curriculum.