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WorksheetsFinancial Literacy
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is Borrowed Money called? *
Interest
Loans
Savings
Investment
Putting Money Away for Later *
Savings
Net Pay
Loan
Interest
What you bring home after all your Deductions? *
Gross Pay
Savings
Annual Pay
Net Pay
What you make before deductions?
Gross Pay
Savings
Earned Income
Net Pay
Something you pay when you have debt *
FICA
Taxes
Interest
Social Security
What is emergency savings?
Transferring money into your savings before you pay your bills
Original amount of money saved or invested
Cash set aside to cover the cost of unexpected events
Maximizing your return by selling stocks at a higher price than what you paid for
What is investing?
Possibility that an investment will fail to pay the expected return
Money invested is usually used to pay for long-term goals
Assets purchased with the goal of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss
The danger that money won’t be worth as much in the future as it is today.
Stocks are:
A share of ownership in a company
Organization pays interest to the lender
Form of lending to a company or the government
A specified time in the future when the principal amount of the bond is repaid to the bondholder
Investments are important to building:
For emergencies
For your future net worth
A trade-off to higher returns is lower liquidity and higher risk
Tax-advantaged investments
When does overdraft occur?
When liquidity occurs
When stocks are sold at a high price then it was bought for
When your withdrawal from a bank account exceeds the available balance
When you purchase an item on credit
What is the highest credit score you can achieve?
800
1000
850
550
Which is NOT a credit agency that calculates your credit score?
Experian
Federal Reserve
Trans Union
Equifax
What is credit?
Receiving goods and services now and paying for them later
The process of depositing money into your savings the day you receive it so you have savings later
Having ownership of a company based on how many stocks you have bought
Accumulating money each month for emergencies
When is interest paid?
When the company you have bought stock in has earned you a profit
When you borrow money from a lender and they charge you for the convenience of giving you a line of credit
When you put money into your savings
When you over withdrawal in your bank account and you are charged a fee
Debit cards are a convenient way to pay because you don’t have to carry cash or take time to write a check.
True
False
Debit card purchases are “buy now, pay now” so you must have enough money in your account to cover your purchase.
True
False
If you spend more money than is in your account, your bank will charge you a fee.
True
False
When using a credit card, you will be charged interest if the balance is not paid within 30 days.
True
False
A debit card is basically an electronic check.
True
False
You can continue to write checks as long as you have checks in your checkbook.
True
False
What does deposit mean?
remove
take away
put into
spilled
What does withdraw mean?
put into
transaction
write a check
remove
Even when people use credit cards “responsibly” they typically spend more than those paying in cash.
True
False
Which of the following options is NOT an example of how to use a credit card responsibly?
Only use them for things you were already going to buy, and that you can afford.
Always pay off your balance in full each month.
Read the fine print on anything you sign.
Pay your minimum payment until your entire balance is paid off regardless of the balance.
You shouldn’t expect to see your full gross pay on your checks because ____ will reduce it by 20-25%.
goals
interest
debt
taxes
The amount of money you “take home” on your paycheck after taxes is called your ______ pay.
gross
net
final
top
How does a bank make money?
Keep some of the money you deposit in a savings account
Charge interest on loans
Charge a tax for depositing money
Sell lollipops to gullible customers
A mortgage is a loan for
a car
a college education
real estate
a business plan
