Last Year on the Green · December: Ten Pounds Off
The idea: a discount you have to spend more to reach is a saving only on what you were going to buy anyway.
Read it
Who is in this book
- Marcus A budget is a plan for what the money is for, before it arrives from LedgerQuest
- Danya a child of the Green Asks "how do we know?"
- Yusuf Gross pay is what you earn; net pay is what you get; read every line in between from LedgerQuest
- Devon Every yes costs the next-best thing you could have done with that time or money from LedgerQuest
- Tara a child of the Green Listens longest, speaks last
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- £14, £9 and £15 add up to £38. £50 less £9 is £41. £50 less £10, plus £15, is £55, which is £31 more than £24. £55 and £14 make £69, which is £29 more than £40. A quarter of £127.50 is £31.875.
- Shops use offers such as 'spend £50, get £10 off' and 'buy one, get one free' to encourage people to buy more than they planned; these are a kind of sales promotion. Source
Stretched
- In the case, every offer in the shop is understood in one afternoon, and every friend happens to be in town. What we simplified: Real offers have more conditions, such as dates, one per customer, or online-only, and the rules about how shops may describe prices and discounts differ between countries. If you are not sure what counts, ask at the till before you choose.
Made up
- The bookshop, Mr Fenwick, the offer, the presents, the prices and every figure in the case are made up.
Tara’s sentence
The case stops where Tara speaks. Write the sentence you would have said. It stays on this device.
Kept.
Your sentence lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.