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Money Basics

Coins and notes, saving and spending, needs and wants: a friendly first quiz about money for primary children.

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The questions

  1. 1

    What do we call money made of metal?

    • Cards
    • Cheques
    • Coins
    • Notes

    Answer: Coins

  2. 2

    What do we call money made of paper or plastic?

    • Banknotes
    • Coins
    • Medals
    • Tickets

    Answer: Banknotes

  3. 3

    Where do many people keep their money safe?

    • In a bank
    • In a shoe
    • In the fridge
    • Under a stone

    Answer: In a bank

  4. 4

    What is a piggy bank for?

    • Buying food
    • Feeding pigs
    • Making music
    • Saving coins

    Answer: Saving coins

  5. 5

    What does "save" mean?

    • Give it all away
    • Keep money to use later
    • Lose it
    • Spend it all now

    Answer: Keep money to use later

  6. 6

    What does "spend" mean?

    • Count money
    • Earn money
    • Keep money
    • Use money to buy things

    Answer: Use money to buy things

  7. 7

    What is a "need"?

    • A new toy
    • A second dessert
    • A video game
    • Something you must have, like food or water

    Answer: Something you must have, like food or water

  8. 8

    What is a "want"?

    • A home, a safe place to live
    • Medicine, when you are ill
    • Something nice to have but not necessary
    • Water, which everyone needs to live

    Answer: Something nice to have but not necessary

  9. 9

    What is the "price" of something?

    • How heavy it is
    • How much it costs
    • How old it is
    • Where it's from

    Answer: How much it costs

  10. 10

    What do you get back if you pay too much?

    • A gift
    • A receipt only
    • A ticket
    • Change

    Answer: Change

  11. 11

    What is a "budget"?

    • A bank card
    • A kind of coin
    • A plan for how to spend and save money
    • A shop

    Answer: A plan for how to spend and save money

  12. 12

    What is "pocket money"?

    • Money children get to spend or save
    • Money for adults
    • Money for the bank
    • Money in a coat

    Answer: Money children get to spend or save

  13. 13

    If a toy costs 10 and you have 6, how much more do you need?

    • 16
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

    Answer: 4

  14. 14

    You have 20. You spend 8. How much is left?

    • 10
    • 12
    • 14
    • 28

    Answer: 12

  15. 15

    What is a "discount"?

    • A free gift
    • A higher price
    • A lower price
    • A price tag

    Answer: A lower price

  16. 16

    What does "earn" mean?

    • Find money
    • Get money by working
    • Lose money
    • Spend money

    Answer: Get money by working

  17. 17

    What does "borrow" mean?

    • Buy it
    • Keep it forever
    • Sell it
    • Take something and give it back later

    Answer: Take something and give it back later

  18. 18

    Which is the world's most used currency?

    • The euro
    • The pound
    • The US dollar
    • The yen

    Answer: The US dollar

  19. 19

    What is the currency of Japan?

    • The dollar
    • The won
    • The yen
    • The yuan

    Answer: The yen

  20. 20

    What money do people use in France, Spain and Italy?

    • The dollar
    • The euro
    • The franc
    • The pound

    Answer: The euro

  21. 21

    What is the currency of the United Kingdom?

    • The dollar
    • The euro
    • The krona
    • The pound

    Answer: The pound

  22. 22

    What do we call money we put aside for an emergency?

    • Change
    • Prices
    • Savings
    • Tips

    Answer: Savings