The Maisel family is creating a monthly family budget. Joel earns $4,000 every month from his job as a lawyer. Miriam earns $250 a week at her retail job. What is the Maisel family’s monthly income?

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Responses

$5,000
$5,000

$3,750
$3,750

$4,000
$4,000

$4,250

Answer 1

To calculate the Maisel family's monthly income, we need to find out Miriam's monthly earnings based on her weekly paycheck.

Miriam earns $250 per week. Since there are typically 4 weeks in a month, we can calculate her monthly income as follows:

\[ 250 , \text{(per week)} \times 4 , \text{(weeks)} = 1,000 , \text{(monthly)} \]

Now, we add Joel's monthly income to Miriam's monthly income:

\[ 4,000 , \text{(Joel's monthly income)} + 1,000 , \text{(Miriam's monthly income)} = 5,000 \]

Therefore, the Maisel family’s monthly income is $5,000.