Money Money from the first coin to the phone in your pocket: what money is and why people accept it, coins and notes, the world's currencies, barter in the playground, pocket money and chores, wants and needs, saving up, silly buys and peer pressure, prices and change, and the tricks of offers and bundles.
Tests: 175 of 469 right (37.3%) · plain 75 of 178 · ★ 46 of 134 · ★★ 31 of 88 · ★★★ 23 of 69 · exam 54 of 168 · Controls: all red · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
The controls , each to be below the real 175 of 469: no lesson 122 of 469 — red; questions shuffled 151 of 469 — red; key sentences removed 132 of 469 — red. The guessers: the longest option 186 of 469; the first option shown 122 of 469. The lessons sentence by sentence: the course in the corpora .
1 What money is and why people accept it 6 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 2 Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents 6 of 11 right · exam 3 of 4 3 Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more 0 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 4 Swaps and barter in the playground 4 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★ 5 Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones 6 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 6 Pocket money and earning it with chores 2 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 7 Wants and needs 6 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 8 Saving up for a game 4 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ 9 The piggy bank and a jar for each goal 5 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ 10 Regret, silly buys and peer pressure 7 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ 11 Prices and change at the till 1 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 12 Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles 2 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 13 Unit prices and sales that are not really sales 6 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ 14 Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout 3 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 15 Taking without paying: the consequences 6 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 16 In-game currency: coins and gems are real money 5 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 17 Loot boxes and "free" skins 3 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ 18 Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew 3 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ 19 Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts 5 of 12 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ 20 Wages, salary and where family money comes from 5 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 21 Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax 3 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 22 The weekly shop and a family budget 3 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ 23 When money is tight: "we can't afford it" 3 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 24 Debt, loans, credit cards and interest 7 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★ 25 Saving for holidays and big things 1 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★ 26 A bank account and a debit card 5 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 27 Interest on savings and cash machines 5 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ 28 What a bank does with your money and why banks lend 3 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ 29 Jobs and what people earn 6 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 30 Why some jobs pay more 3 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 31 The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss 3 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★ 32 The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss 5 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 33 Adverts and how they work on you 6 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 34 Inflation explained with a chocolate bar 4 of 12 right · exam 0 of 4 · ★★★ 35 Unemployment: when jobs are lost 3 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 36 Taxes and the government's budget 7 of 11 right · exam 0 of 4 37 Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries 4 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★★ 38 Crypto and the stock market, simply 7 of 11 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 39 Lending, sharing, charity and tipping 5 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 40 Gambling and honesty with change 3 of 12 right · exam 1 of 4 · ★ 41 Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★ 2 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ 42 Olympiad: saving plans and offers too good to be true ★★★ 2 of 11 right · exam 2 of 4 · ★★★ ← previous Medicinenext → Myths↑ back to at school This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/