{"id":"career-hs-summer-jobs-compare-math","audience":"high-school","category":"career","technique":"format","track":"writing","title":"Compare two summer jobs by what you'd actually keep","free":false,"task":"You have two summer job offers and want the one that leaves you the most money for a used car. Get exactly 3 numbered lines, under 80 words, plain text: line 1 shows the pool job's pay minus costs, line 2 shows the ice cream shop's, and line 3 starts \"Pick:\" with one job and the reason. Use the corrected hours, and remember you'd have to buy the lifeguard class.","materialLabel":"The two offers (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"JOB 1: Lifeguard, Cedar Park Pool\n- $15/hour, 30 hours a week, 8 weeks\n- must take the lifeguard certification class first: $200 (I'd pay)\n- I can bike there, free\n- free pool snacks lol\n\nJOB 2: Scoops Ice Cream, Main St\n- $13/hour, 25 hours a week?? -> manager texted: \"Actually we can give you 30 hours a week\"\n- 8 weeks\n- bus pass for the summer: $40\n- my friend Maya works there\n\nMY NOTES (Jayden Brooks, 16)\n- saving for a used car, need every dollar\n- ignore taxes for now, it's the same for both\n- lifeguarding sounds cooler but whatever pays more wins","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the updated hours","why":"The AI may use 25 hours a week, the first number in your notes.","fix":"Add: \"Scoops is 30 hours a week now, per the manager's text.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Forgetting the costs","why":"The AI compares hourly pay and skips the class fee and bus pass.","fix":"Add: \"Subtract the $200 class and the $40 bus pass.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Getting 'it depends'","why":"Without your goal, the AI lists pros and cons and leaves the choice to you.","fix":"Add: \"Most money left wins. Pick one.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting a long comparison","why":"AI comparisons come as tables and paragraphs.","fix":"Show it: \"1. Pool: $15 x 240 hours = $3,600 - $200 class = $3,400\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in a text to your parents.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the updated hours","patterns":["30 hours","update","text"]},{"label":"Subtracts the costs","patterns":["subtract","minus","cost","\\$?200"]},{"label":"States the goal","patterns":["most money","pays more","car","goal"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show.{0,15}(math|work)","\\bx\\b","numbered"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Hourly pay isn't what you keep. Tell the AI the goal, the updated hours, the costs to subtract, and show it one line of math.","rubricLabels":["The pool line shows $15 x 240 hours = $3,600, minus the $200 class, leaving $3,400","The ice cream line uses 30 hours a week (240 hours), showing $3,120 minus the $40 bus pass, leaving $3,080","Line 3 starts with 'Pick:' and picks the lifeguard job because it leaves more money"]}