Common Cents Financial Learning Center
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Money skills for real life.

Free, bite-sized lessons on budgeting, saving, credit, and more — with interactive calculators, quizzes, and printable activities. No account needed.

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10topics, from budgeting to insurance
10interactive money calculators
30scenario quiz questions
100%free, with cited public sources
The game · ages 13–18

Money Life

Start at eighteen with $900 and a phone. Thirty squares later, you retire. In between: student loans, a 24% credit card, a layoff, a mortgage, and a market that does not care how you feel. Play solo against AI rivals or pass the device with friends.

  • Squares30
  • Decision cards46
  • Life stages5
  • Players1–4
  • One run12–15 min

Explore financial topics

Each lesson has a short reading, flashcards, a hands-on tool, a quiz, and a printable activity.

Run the numbers

See how real choices play out with your own numbers.

For libraries & educators

Build a hands-on money learning center

Plan physical kits that pair with these free lessons — choose topics, estimate costs, and print QR codes that link patrons to each lesson.

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