CHECK WRITING Deposit Slips Check Registry Goal of

CHECK WRITING: Deposit Slips & Check Registry

Goal of Today’s Lesson You will be able to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals by adding up deposits and subtracting payments in a check register.

HOW DO YOU FILL OUT A DEPOSIT SLIP? • HOW MUCH ARE YOU DEPOSITING, WHERE DO I WRITE IT? • DO I NEED TO SIGN THE DEPOSIT SLIP? • IS MY RETURN ADDRESS ON THE DEPOSIT SLIP? • DO I NEED MY LICENSE OR PHONE #? • CAN I DEPOSIT CASH AND CHECKS AT THE SAME TIME? • DO I NEED TO TOTAL THE AMOUNTS?

EXAMPLE OF A BLANK DEPOSIT SLIP

Example of a Completed Deposit Slip Kristin Voorhees 34 Basketball Court Pennington, NJ 08534 156 $4, 000. 00 9/30/11

NOW PRACTICE!!! • 1. Fill out your address in the top left hand corner. • 2. Enter the deposit amount from your employment check from TVR Company • 3. Date the Deposit slip and don’t forget to total it!

HOW DO YOU FILL OUT A CHECK REGISTRY? • • • DO I NEED MY CHECK NUMBER? IS THE DATE IMPORTANT? WHAT DOES CREDIT AND DEBIT MEAN? HOW DO I BALANCE MY CHECK BOOK? WHAT DO I WRITE IN THE TRANSACTION LINE?

Example of a Check Registry

Check Registry 156 9/30/11 $4, 000. 00 001 9/30/11 Comcast $104. 76 $3, 895. 24 002 9/30/11 PSE&G $139. 33 $3, 755. 91 003 9/30/11 ELIZABETHTOWN GAS $ 17. 89 $3, 738. 02 Check Deposit- TVR Co.

DID YOU REMEMBER TO…. • USE YOUR PAPER CALCULATOR TO CORRECTLY ADD OR SUBTRACT AMOUNTS • ADD THE DATE TO ALL TRANSACTIONS AND ALL OF THE DEPOSIT SLIPS • PLACE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF ALL YOUR DEPOSIT SLIPS • WRITE THE CORRECT TRANSACTION WITH THE CORRECT AMOUNT