Cash stays put, a bond is a promised loan, a stock is a slice.
Cash stays put: coins in a jar are the same later, and grow nothing.
A bond is a loan with a promise. Maya lent the town 100 coins for a promise of five extra coins a year and the hundred back after three years.
A stock is a slice of a company. Ben bought ten slices of Lemon Co. and shared its good and quiet years.
The more a thing swings, the more it might give or take. Cash swings least, then bonds, then stocks.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
15. 5 × 3 = 15.
A stock. A slice of a company is a stock, also called a share.
Cash. Cash never moves, a bond climbs in small steps, and a stock leaps and dips.
130. 10 × 13 = 130.
Ask a grown-up what they keep close at hand, what they leave to grow, and how they decide.
Ask your grown-up what they keep close at hand and what they leave to grow, and how they decide. All of this is a made-up town: it is not advice about any real money.
