This game allows players to enter information such as their desired career, housing, transportation, food, entertainment, and other expenses. It then uses national averages to estimate the cost of each of these expenses based on the player’s desired lifestyle. Factor in the player’s estimated salary, and calculate how much they would need to save and invest to achieve their financial dreams.
Review financial literacy topics while also practicing their budgeting skills. In the game, students are positioned as movie producers who have been given $100 million to produce a movie. To get the movie produced, they must prove they have good personal finance skills to keep their budget on track.
The player, a single parent in poverty, is given $1,000 to live on for one month; they must then select the employment, each of which pays minimum wage. The goal is to end the month with some money left over.
The player, a single parent in poverty, is given $1,000 to live on for one month; they must then select the employment, each of which pays minimum wage. The goal is to end the month with some money left over.
52-week money challenge: This challenge involves saving a specific amount of money each week for a year, starting with $1 in the first week and increasing by $1 each subsequent week (i.e. $2 in week 2, $3 in week 3, and so on).
