Budget and Emergency Fund: How Many Months Would It Last?
by Creouts Publishing © 2026
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: finance
Grades: 9,10,11,12,15
Description
STEP 1 of Run the Numbers Before You Sign (Teen and Adult Money). Also in the series bundle. A self-checking budget and emergency fund escape room for Grades 9-12, adult beginners and homeschool. A made-up worker, Alex, starts a first job and 4 doors are locked. Each answer gives a code letter; classic slips (4 weeks in a month, 24 paychecks a year, rounding months the wrong way) land on other letters. 28 cards, 20 scored. WHAT IT TEACHES Take-home pay, monthly and yearly amounts, a budget with needs and wants, months of needs that savings cover, months to a savings goal, another option side by side, and what-if checks (pay drops 30%, pay stops for 6 months, one of two incomes stops). Ends with a think-it-through card. HOW IT WORKS - Each room opens with a learn card. 16 clue cards (type or tap), 4 door codes. - Boom scores every answer at once; two tap-to-show hints per question. For general education only. Not financial, legal or tax advice. All people, lenders, prices and rates are made up. Rules, rates and costs differ by country and change over time. For decisions about your own money, speak to a licensed professional. ACCURACY Answers checked by our own software and by AI test solves from the cards alone. Not tested with a class. No process is perfect; if you spot an error, please tell us through the store's feedback. HOW IT WAS MADE Text written with AI assistance and fact-checked. All images are drawn in code; no AI image generators were used. No sound.
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Text font: Atkinson Hyperlegible, (c) Braille Institute of America, SIL Open Font License 1.1.