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Topic 1a What is money?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best definition of money?

a)

Anything generally accepted as payment for goods and services.

b)

Just the cash in your wallet as payment for goods and services.

c)

Precious stones or feathers that you can exchange for goods and services

d)

Your debit card that you use contactless for the exchange of goods and services.

2.

Which of the following are features of money?

a)

Recognised by everyone.

b)

Accepted as payment and always worth the same amount.

c)

Easy to carry around.

d)

Available in different amounts.

e)

Hardwearing

3.

Whose head features on the back of our coins?

a)

The monarch

b)

Boris Johnson

c)

Alan Turing

d)

Florence Nightingale

4.

What did people do before money?

a)

Bartering

b)

Bar-tending

c)

Berating

d)

Bothering

5.

Where can you store your money electronically?

a)

Banks

b)

Building societies

c)

Under your mattress

d)

In your wallet

6.

How many denominations of coins do we have?

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

10

7.

How many denominations of bank notes do we have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

8.

Why do we not carry all our money around with us?

(a)  

9.

What does ATM stand for?

a)

Automatic Teller Machine

b)

Automatic Telling Machine

c)

Automatic Transfer Machine

d)

Automatic Trust Machine

10.

Why was bartering difficult? What problems did it cause? What happened in the bartering game you did in class?

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