Needs vs. Wants
Saving
Budgeting
TERMS
Riddles
100

Is water a need or a want?

What is a need?

100

Where can you keep your money safe at home?

What is a piggy bank?

100

You have $5. You spend $2 on a snack. How much do you have left?

Answer: What is $3?

100

What do you call money you keep to use later?

What is savings?

100

Three doctors said that Bill was their brother, but Bill has no brothers. How?

The doctors were his sisters

200

Is ice cream a need or a want?

What a want?

200

What does “saving” mean?

What is keeping money to use later?

200

If you have $10, can you spend $12?

What is no, because you don’t have enough money?

200

What is a representative payee?

A person who manages your money for you and and makes sure all your bills get paid. 

200

 You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

The letter E

300

Name three things that are a need.

What is food/clothes/home?

300

What is one place (not at home) where people save money?

What is a bank?  

300

What is a budget?

What is a plan for how to spend and save money?

300

What do you call something you really want to buy in the future?

What is a savings goal?

300

Imagine that you are in a room without any doors or windows. How would you get out?

stop imagining

400

Name three things that is a want.

What is toys/video games/sweets?

400

You want headphones that costs $20. You have $5. What should you do?

What is save more money until you have enough?

400

You get $6 each week. You want to save $2 and spend $4. Is that a budget?

What is yes, because you planned what to do with your money?

400

What do you call money you keep to use later?


What is savings?

400

What has many eyes, but can’t see?

A potato

500

Why is it important to know the difference?

What is so we spend money wisely?

500

Why should you save your money?

What is to use for emergencies and other ?  

500

Why is making a budget a good idea?

What is so you don’t run out of money?

500

What is the word for the money you give to help others?

What is a donation?

500

It belongs to you, but your friends use it more often. What is it?

your name

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