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Financial Literacy: Tools

Calculators

Checkbook Balance - Fill in the blanks to balance your checkbook accurately.

EDIE the Estimator - Calculate your FDIC insurance coverage

Financial Calculators- Tools to help you decide on things like which credit card to pay down first, what your payroll deduction should be and how much to save for emergencies.

Mortgage Calculator - a tool to help determine whether you qualify for a mortgage.

Retirement Calculators - from FINRA, ChooseToSave.org. Disponible en espanol.

Social Security Benefit Calculators - Use to estimate retirement, disability or survivor benefits.

Games & Quizzes

Celebrity Calamity - sponsored by the Massachusetts State Treasurer's Office. Become the business manager for three celebrities who spend beyond their means. Players must effectively use a bank account, debit card, and credit card to be successful.

Financial Football - Test your money management skills by answering financial questions that allow you to move down the field and score touchdowns. Try out the six other games created by Practical Money Skills for Life.

Financial Literacy Quiz - Consumer rights quiz created by KQED Public Television

Gen i Revolution - Developed by the Council for Economic Education for middle school and high school students, this online game gives students the chance to learn important personal finance skills.

Reality Check - Quiz from the Jump$tart Coalition tests how closely your current spending habits match your plans for the future.

$ave Steve - an online video game from the Chesapeake Public Library that teaches personal finance through a virtual world of robots, secret laboratories and parallel universes. Players of all ages will hone their money-management skills as they guide Steve to financial stability.

Spendster.org - Use the calculator to find out how much money you are wasting and where it could be going instead. Upload a video to share your overspending story.

Wow Zone - an interactive site with information to help children and teens understand the value of money. Includes tips for Educators and Parents.