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Do you have a piggy bank in which you save your leftover money or your pocket money? Do you maintain a diary of how much money you have saved? No matter what your money-saving habits, we have some tips that will help you be more efficient with your savings.

Although you may feel tempted to spend pend all the money at once on candy or toys that you have wanted for so long, but ney think about when you will get money end again. You surely can’t wait to spend hink your money the way you want but think ney about whether you need to save money ther for something that you need and whether it is useful.

When you start getting your pocket-money or Eidi or birthday money buy yourself a wallet or piggy bank to save a portion of the money. Keep your money in it, and not in trousers, jackets or bags. When you see some-on thing you like, ‘sleep over’ your decision ng to buy it. Think if you are really going to use the item, if you can afford it, if you want it only because everybody in your class has it and if you will like it next week or month. Start saving at a young age.

Keep an organised analysis pad and monitor the money that you put in your wallet, piggy bank or bank account and also the money that you take out to spend from there. This will help you keep a track of your finances so you know how much money you have spent and saved.

Also, writing down what you’re spending on might help make smarter spending decisions in the future. Keeping ey saved, invested good records of money mportant skill or spent is another important oking at how you must learn. Looking ve saved may much money you have o save more also motivate you to and spend less. This way you can have a lot of money to spend on a new play station orr any other nted for a thing you have wanted long time but cannott afford at the moment.

Use regular shopping trips as opportunities to learn the value of money. Sit with your mom or dad and ask them how they divide their income between different things. Learn household expenditure from your parents and how they spend different fractions of their income on different things such as food, utilities and leisure. Go to the grocery store and observe how your parents spend there. Spending smarter at the grocery store (using coupons, shopping sales, comparing unit prices) can save a lot of money and you can learn these tricks from your parents. You can also learn how to check for value, quality, reparability, warranty and other consumer concerns. Spending money can be fun and very productive when spending is well-planned.

Unplanned spending, as a rule, usually results in 20 to 30% of our money being wasted because we obtain poor value with our purchases.

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3 Did you know you can now open your own bank account? All you have to do is take your parents to the bank and ask them to help you open a bank account for your savings. You can put either all of your savings or a portion of it in the account.

This way you can save a lot of money for future uses like paying for your education or a vacation. Since you won’t have the money in front of you and you won’t be tempted to spend it.

If you want something you need to save for, spare a part of your pocket money every month and calculate e the how much time you may need to have arn necessary sum. That is how you will learn h to plan and manage your money which ou will do you good in the future when you start earning your own living.

Make spending decisions wisely. Discuss with your parents if something you need to buy is a good investment or not. Before making purchases research, wait for the right time to buy and e. This use the ‘spending-by-choice’ technique. hree technique involves selecting at least three other things the money could be spentt on setting aside money for one of the ich items and then making a choice of which item to purchase. This will help you make wiser spending decisions.

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You should learn how to evaluate TV, radio and print ads for products. Will a product really perform and do what the commercials say? Is the price offered truly a sale price?

Are alternative products available that will do a better job, perhaps for less cost or offer better value? Think about these things before you buy a product or are tempted by advertisements. Also, establish a regular schedule for family discussions about e difference finances. Learn the cks and credit between cash, checks ding habits cards — wise spending he use and how to avoid the m of credit cards from er your parents or elder siblings. All of this information will be important as you become more responsible for your own financial well-being.

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Activity

4 Eraser Stamp Step 1

Step 2

Draw a star on the pencil’s eraser.

Colour the star.

ToffeeTV’s Ayesha Mehmood teaches you how to make stamps out of pencil erasers.

Supplies needed: •Pencil with an eraser on top •Paper cutter •Stamp pad or paint •Pencil to draw

Step 3 Cut the outline of your star using the paper cutter.

Step 5 Ink it on a stamp pad or paint it and stamp your paper.

Safety First: Always use a paper cutter with adult supervision.

Want to watch a video guide for this?

Log onto Toffeetv.com and check out the activities section!

Step 4 Your stamp is ready to use.

Step 6 You can paint a picture or just stamp away.

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Get your weekly dose of the unusual and funny news from across the globe!

Little advisor One clever 14-year-old has devised a plan to save the government millions just by changing the font they use on official documents. Suvir Mirchandani worked out that by using ‘Garamond’ font, which is lighter and thinner, it would use around 25% less ink than the favoured ‘Times New Roman’.

When he began to come up with project ideas for a school science fair, it suddenly dawned on the teenager that while huge efforts have been made to save paper, little attention has been paid to the ink. “Ink is two times more expensive than French perfume by volume,” Suvir said. He started to work out how much his school could save after realising how many leaflets they handed out to pupils. But after extending the study to the national level Suvir calculated that between the US federal and state governments, savings of up to $400m (Rs4bn) could be made. It is estimated the average US federal employee prints out 7,200 pieces of paper per year — making the government’s annual printing expenditure $1.8bn (Rs180bn). Although government officials have been hesitant to implement a change, Suvir hopes his findings can help everyday consumers across the country — and even the world. METRO.CO.UK

World wide weird

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Gold roll

Toilet paper is an item that almost everyone uses every day yet it seems to attract little attention in the way of headlines. But when one enterpriser decided to emboss toilet paper with 24 carat gold motifs, it’s unsurprising that he raised a few eyebrows. The tissue is available to buy for an eye-watering €179 (Rs29,200) per roll, thanks to German designer Fritz Loibl. Luckily for toilet goers everywhere, the roll can be shipped worldwide by his company Tissue Design. In an even more exciting turn of events, you can even choose to have your own customised design — perhaps your initials, or even the face of your least favourite person.

According to Loibl, most of his customers buy his products as a gift and others simply for decoration, but hardly any to use it. The majority of buyers are those who own businesses that deal with luxury hotels or the sale of luxury goods. METRO.CO.UK

Who will eat this?

Trunk in Francoise Maldy Anthony had an unexpected visitor when an elephant walked 45km (30 miles) on its own to reach her door in Zululand, South Africa. “I have owned this ranch for 15 years but I have never experienced anything like this,” she said. The elephant, who Anthony has named Tom, although she’s a girl, had been spotted a day earlier at the other end of the 4,500-hectare (11,120-acre) Thula Thula Private Game Reserve. By the time Tom approached the house and began nosing around the garden, she was looking ‘tired and hungry’. “We helped her into the living room and just left her free to roam,” Anthony added. “I gave her some milk but was careful to not have too much contact because I didn’t want her to be rejected by her herd when we finally got her back.” Tom’s mother — rescued from a neighbouring reserve — was delighted to see her baby returned the next day. But Anthony admitted: “I can’t say the same for Tom, she tried to run after the van as we pulled away.” The herd was monitored overnight to make sure the wanderer had stayed put. Anthony, whose late husband Lawrence was an acclaimed conservationist and novelist said she was relieved by the outcome but had enjoyed meeting her unexpected visitor. “She was only here a few hours before we took her back but it was magical,” she said. METRO.CO.UK

You could win $2,500 (Rs250,000) if you manage to eat this mega pizza in under an hour. The problem is that the cheese alone contains the same number of calories you should be eating over three days. So far 15 people have tried (and failed) to consume the ‘Da Big Kahuna’, which was created by 8 Buck Pizza owner Glenn Takeda. The pizza measures 30 inches across and weighs a hefty 15 pounds. It comes layered in cheese, which weighs nearly 2kg on its own and contains more than 4kg of dough. You get to choose three toppings to go on the massive food item but one has to be a type of meat.

And you have under an hour to consume it. Takeda, who runs his restaurant in Manteca, California, admitted two brave men nearly won the challenge.

Competitive eater Naader Reda travelled to the pizza parlour with his friend John Rivera, but the two men were unable to consume ‘Da Big Kahuna’ in the allotted time. It’s not even worth it, is it? METRO.CO.UK

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Did you know?

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Word Origins History of fireworks New Year’s Eve, Independence Day and numerous other celebrations across the globe wouldn’t be what they are today without fireworks. It turns out that we owe our fascination to this colourful display in the sky to ancient Chinese. Sometime between 600 and 900 AD, a few people hoping to discover the source of everlasting youth, instead found an early form of gunpowder. They mixed charcoal and a few other ingredients with potassium nitrate, back then, known simply as a food seasoning. The effect was, well, explosive. The Chinese started putting the mixture into bamboo shoots and throwing them into the fire, which produced a loud blast. After the first fireworks were invented, they were marketed to people of all walks of life. A mere 100 or so years after the invention of fireworks, street vendors were selling them and fireworks displays were put on. By that time, paper tubes likely replaced bamboo. Sometime around the 13th century, traders, missionaries and diplomats started to visit China and brought back samples of the powder to their home countries. Later, Missionary Pierre Nicholas le Cheron d’Incarville wrote about the creation of Chinese fireworks. This led to the spread of fireworks throughout Europe, with fireworks being used for celebrations just like they are today. For instance, in 1486, Henry VII had fireworks at his wedding to Elizabeth of York. Fireworks were also commonly used by the nobility in order to impress visitors. By the 1830s, the Italians had the idea to put in various metals with the powder. The effect is what you see today — vibrant bursts of colour lighting up the night sky.

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Cool facts The atmosphere of Venus is made up mainly of carbon dioxide.

The size of Venus is slightly smaller than Earth.

Venus also features gravity similar to that of Earth.

Venus is surrounded by clouds consisting of mercury, ferric chloride hydrocarbons and sulphuric acid. These clouds create the most corrosive acid rain found anywhere in our solar system.

The clouds are so thick that little light ever reaches the surface. The light that does reach the surface is converted to heat and cannot escape the atmosphere making Venus the hottest planet at around 500 Degrees Celsius.

The surface of Venus is often described as a ‘stormy desert’ full of many craters and very active volcanoes.

The surface is also likened to molten lead.

Venus features no liquid water.

The surface of Mercury is very similar to our moon. It has a very barren, rocky surface covered with many craters.

Mercury has a very low surface gravity.

Mercury has no atmosphere which means there is no wind or weather.

There is also no water on the surface of Mercury, it is possible however that there could be water underneath the surface.

Likewise, there is no air on the surface but it could be trapped underneath.

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Fun & games

Crossword

How carefully did you read this week’s issue of HiFive? If you think you are upto the task, try to solve our special crossword. The answers are all over HiFive! Put on your thinking caps, it is time to put the old noggin to work!

Across 2. The surface of Mercury is very similar to our -----------.

5. The surface of Mercury has a very -----------, rocky surface covered with many craters.

9. Venus features no liquid ------------.

10. Venus is slightly ------------— than Earth.

12. Venus is the ---------— planet.

14. There is also no water on the surface of Mercury, it is possible however that there could be water -----------— the surface.

Down 1. The surface of Venus is often described as a ‘stormy desert’ full of many craters and very active -------------.

3. Venus also features ------------— similar to that of Earth.

4. Mercury has a very -----------— surface gravity.

6. Likewise, there is no -----------— on the surface of Mercury but it could be trapped underneath.

7. The surface of Venus is also likened to -------------— lead.

8. Venus is surrounded by clouds consisting of mercury, ferric chloride hydrocarbons and sulphuric acid. These clouds create the most -------------— acid rain found anywhere in our solar system.

11. The ------------— of Venus is made up mainly of carbon dioxide.

13. Mercury has no atmosphere which means there is no -----------— or weather.

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