Your teenage years are the perfect time to learn life’s valuable money managing skills. It may seem like a lifetime away, but it won’t be long before you are out on your own and you need to understand things such as budgeting, saving, and spending responsibly. Before you can be independent you not only need to learn money management, but you need to have math and business skills that will help you not only manage your money but also do well in the business world. Use the following engaging math, money, and business games to learn the important finance lessons and life skills you will need in the not so far off future.
MATH GAMES
Multiplying and Dividing Integers Game – Play this interactive online game where you are tested on your knowledge of multiplying and dividing integers.
Bike Racing Math Integers – Win this bike race by answering the questions about integers correctly.
Dice: Order of Operations Game (App) – For those of you with an iPhone, you can download this app and play a game of dice that helps you learn the order of operations.
Math Games for the Classroom: Grades 6-8 (PDF) – Although this printable PDF is perfect for teachers to use in their classrooms, you can easily play these math games at home and work on improving your math skills.
Exponent Game – You will need two players for this fun filled card game that has you multiplying and using exponents.
Hooda Math – This online game works with players on improving their geometry, arithmetic, and logic math skills.
Matching Math: Subtraction with Missing Numbers – Visit this website where you will practice subtraction with missing numbers.
Math Mine – Try to make it through this math mine by using your hammer to remove blocks and make equations.
Make 24 – To win this game you have to use multiple math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and math with brackets and formulas to get your four cards to equal 24.
Tic Tac Toe Squares – Decide which math problems you need the most practice on and win Tic Tac Toe Squares by answering the math questions correctly.
Lure of the Labyrinth – This fun online math game has you saving lost pets by completing math problems.
MONEY GAMES
Financial Football Game – This fast paced football game is not only entertaining, but it teaches you money management skills.
Financial Soccer Game – If you prefer playing soccer games, check out this online soccer game that teaches money management.
Balance Your Checking Account – Follow the directions on this interactive check register and learn how to balance your checkbook.
Jump Starts Reality Check – Do you know how much housing, transportation, and other day to day things cost? Play this game and get a reality check as to what things really cost.
Save Perry’s Pennies – To win this game you have to be like the Bureau of Public Debt and help Perry collect and count every penny.
Money Master – How fast can you give change? This money master game helps you become a master at giving change back to customers.
Fed Match – Play this online memory game where you have to match the economic and finance words to win.
BUSINESS GAMES
Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt (PDF) – Learn about famous entrepreneurs and how they ran their successful businesses by completing this online scavenger hunt.
Gazillionaire – This site offers a free online version of this game where you work to become a small business tycoon.
Play Monopoly – You might think that the game of Monopoly is just a fun family game to play, but it teaches you a lot about business. Play the board game or follow this link to play it online.
EVE Online – If you are looking to practice your business management skills, play this game and try running the most powerful company in the world.
3rd World Farmer – Businesses around the world face other obstacles than you may be familiar with here in the United States; 3rd World Farmer opens your eyes to these challenges by having you work your business skills and run a farm in a poverty stricken country.