MATH PROJECT

GRADE 10 BOARD PROJECT 1

 TOPIC
PLANNING A HOME BUDGET
STEPS
● What is a home budget and its importance? Why do we
need one?
● Collect data of income, expenditure and savings for
your home for the month of April
● Categorize the raw data into expense heads.
● Depict the data using a pie chart and / or other
graphical representations
● Inferences or conclusion along with an interview with
parents to discuss the inferences and action points.
PROJECT REPORT
● Cover Page
● Index
● Acknowledgement
● Topic Cover Page
● Project Write-up - There must be a write-up about
the topic , data collected ( working sheets to be
attached),analysis of data and your inferences or
learning from the project.
● Bibliography
ASSESSMENT - 10 MARKS
Preparation ( content of written matter, data of
everyday expenditure and categorization into
expense heads) and following the timeline- 2 marks
Concepts applied with working sheets- 2 marks
Computation- 2 marks
Presentation- 2 marks
Inferences- 2 marks
EXPECTED STATUS AS OF MAY 15
● Maintain a working folder for Math Project
● In the KWL chart , fill the K - What I know , W - What I want to
know sections and attach in the working folder
● Create a Cover page for the Math Project and one for the topic
● Acknowledgement
● Index Page - The contents will be populated at the end of task, the
page with heading should be kept ready.
● Write-up should be ready.
DATA COLLECTION
● Start collecting everyday expenditure at home from April 1 to May 1 ,
tabulate this under section heads like groceries, medicines and so on.
● Note these expenses on a daily basis for the month of April.
● Tabulate it under sections and calculate the overall income,
expenditure and savings for the month of April.
● Fill the raw data of everyday expenditure and final table ( of income,
expenditure and savings) in your working folder of project.
WRITE-UP ON A HOME BUDGET
● What is a Home Budget and why is it important ?
● Is it required to have one? What will be the consequence if we do not
have one?
● Define and explain the terms income, expenditure and savings briefly.
Expected - Minimum 2 sides . Write in your own words with usage of
keywords from resources. Do not blindly copy from websites and write
it down.
Note down the resources referred and enter the same in Bibliography
at the end of the project report.
Timelines - April 3
● K W L Chart to be given for Home budget project.
Students asked to make the following-
● Cover page for project
● Acknowledgement
● Index
● Topic Cover page - Home Budget
● Collect information about a home budget , income, expenditure and savings
and why it is needed.
Timelines -May 16
May 16 -

● Cover pages to be ready

● KWL chart to be filled and filed in a project folder

● Material to be displayed about write-up as a concept map

● Data collected for the month of April under various section heads.

● How to draw a Pie chart for the data will be explained in class
Timelines - June 15
June 15 th -

● Table of home budget to be ready

● Pie chart to be ready.

● Writeup should have been completed

● Discussion in class about inferences - Is a home budget required ? Any

suggestions of change in their home budget after observation in the form of a
pie chart ?
Timelines

● June 30 th - First Draft submission

● July 15 th - Final submission after incorporating

changes if any