Prices creep up, so a jar of coins buys less over time. Growth can help.
Nico's jar of 60 coins never lost a coin. But each year a bun cost a little more, so the coins bought less.
Grown-ups call prices creeping up a little each year inflation.
Gran's made-up garden adds one new coin for every ten inside each year, so coins can climb the way prices do.
Real investments are not so smooth. Some years they grow and some dip, and growth is never promised. That is why investing is for coins not needed for a long while.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
15. 60 ÷ 4 = 15.
Inflation. Grown-ups call prices creeping up a little each year inflation.
A jar. Next week is too soon for a garden, so those coins stay ready.
17. 29 − 12 = 17.
With a grown-up, ask what a loaf of bread or a bus ride cost when they were your age. Is it the same now? Talk about why.
Ask a grown-up what a loaf of bread or a bus ride cost when they were your age, and talk about why it is different now. Everything here is pretend, and none of it is advice about investing.
