Life Skills Fin Lit: Unit 1 and 2 REVIEW

If you have this money personality, you put off making money decisions.

• Avoider

• Collector

• Spender

• Miser

If you have this money personality, you like to see your money make money.

• Avoider

• Collector

• Spender

• Miser

If you have this money personality, you enjoy spending and think little about how to pay for your purchases.

• Avoider

• Collector

• Spender

• Miser

If you have this money personality, you care about others who have less than you do, and you often feel guilty about having more than they do.

• Thinker

• Collector

• Spender

• Miser

If you have this money personality, you like to save every penny. You do not enjoy spending money.

• Thinker

• Avoider

• Spender

• Miser

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Eric is an 8th grader and is on his school’s basketball team. He just got $50 from his grandfather for his birthday, and he’s looking forward to buying the latest pair of his favorite basketball shoes, Flair Jordans 19. His mom hears of his plans and says, “Eric, I just got you Flair Jordans 18 five months ago!”

• Avoider

• Collector

• Spender

• Thinker

Christine is in 6th grade and loves to read. She goes to the library to check out a few books every other week. Unfortunately, she’s not very good at returning them on time and has a total of $15 in late fees she owes to the library. Christine gets a weekly allowance from her parents, but everytime the librarian asks her if she’d like to pay the fees at the checkout station, Christine says she’ll do it the next time she comes.

• Avoider

• Miser

• Spender

• Thinker

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Nghia is a high school sophomore and has been working as a newspaper deliverer for his neighborhood for the past two years. He has saved $1,200 so far in his savings account and checks his account balance every other day. He usually doesn’t like to buy things even if they will benefit him.

• Avoider

• Miser

• Spender

• Thinker

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What is something that can influence your purchase of a new coat?

• Size

• Cost

• Color

• Flavor

What is a "tradeoff"?

• Something you give up in order to make a decision when spending or saving

• Something you receive in a when trading baseball cards

• A name for trading in a used car

• A type discount

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