Money basics
This is the money people use to buy things.
What is cash?
Keeping your money in a safe place for the future is called this.
What is saving?
A plan for how to spend and save money.
What is a budget?
A plastic card you can use to borrow money to buy something now and pay later.
What is a credit card?
This is money you earn for working.
What is income?
Coins and dollar bills are called this.
What is currency?
Using your money to buy things is called this.
What is spending?
The money you get in a month.
What is income?
Money you borrow that you must pay back.
What is a loan?
A person who fixes cars is called this.
What is a mechanic?
This is what you get in return when you give too much money to the cashier.
What is change?
This is a safe place to keep your money, usually earning a little extra over time.
What is a savings account?
The money you use or give away in a month.
What are expenses?
The extra money you pay when you borrow money.
What is interest?
This job involves teaching students in school.
What is a teacher?
The official name for the place where U.S. money is made.
What is the U.S. Mint?
A place where people keep money and borrow money.
What is a bank?
Buying something you don’t really need, just because you want it.
What is an impulse buy?
If you don’t pay your credit card bill, it goes into this.
What is debt?
This is the amount of money you earn per hour.
What is wage?
This is the type of money used in online or card payments.
What is digital money?
A small amount of money earned from keeping money in the bank.
What is interest?
When your expenses are more than your income, you have this.
What is debt?
A score that shows how good you are at paying back money.
What is a credit score?
This type of job is done without getting paid, often to help others.
What is volunteer work?