What this lesson shows
A sitter who took a first-aid class earns $8 an hour instead of $6. Skills and work, called human capital, are what a worker trades for income: more skill or more hours, more income.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: a sitter at $6, then $8 an hour, for 3 and 5 hours. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Income = hours × pay for one hour
- More skill: more pay each hour
- More hours: more income
Helping at home
Read each story aloud. Your kid multiplies hours by the pay for one hour, before and after the class, then subtracts to see how much more the new skill earns.
If your kid gets stuck
Hours times pay for one hour is the income.
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.