About Market Money Game
Market Money Game teaches children aged 6 to 10 to use money at a busy Egyptian market stall. The friendly shopkeeper tells your child the price of fava beans, falafel, flatbread, mangoes, a football or a balloon, and they pay with Egyptian pounds: the 50-piaster and 1-pound coins and the 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100-pound notes, drawn as simple cartoon money in their familiar colours with the value printed big.
There are three games. In Pay exactly your child taps coins and notes into the tray until they match the price. In Is it enough? they count a wallet and decide whether it can buy the item, or pick the one wallet out of three that can. In Count the change, for older kids, they pay with a bigger note and choose the right change. Easy prices go up to 20 pounds, Medium up to 100, and Hard adds half pounds such as 3.50.
The shopkeeper talks and reads his words aloud, gently shows the right answer after a mistake, and each round of 8 customers ends with up to three stars. It is a playful way to practise adding and taking away with real-world money. Free, no sign-up, no download.
How to play
- Choose a game: Pay exactly, Is it enough? or Count the change.
- Choose a level: Easy, Medium or Hard.
- Listen to the shopkeeper and read the price on the yellow tag.
- Pay with the money, or pick the right answer.
- Serve 8 customers to earn your stars.
Controls
| Keyboard | Keys 1 to 7 pick a coin, a note or an answer in order, and Backspace takes back the last money you put in the tray. |
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| Mouse | Click coins and notes to put them in the tray, click money in the tray to take it back, or click the right answer. |
| Touch | Tap the money to pay and tap the right answer. Everything is big and easy to hit on phones. |
Tips to win
- Start with the biggest notes, then finish with coins: 17 pounds = 10 + 5 + 1 + 1.
- Two 50-piaster coins make 1 pound.
- To count change, count up from the price to the note you paid with.
Market Money Game: questions and answers
How does this game teach money?
Kids learn what each coin and note is worth by paying exact prices, compare amounts by checking wallets, and practise taking away by counting change.
Why Egyptian pounds?
The game is set in an Egyptian market, so it uses Egyptian money (EGP). The adding and counting skills work with any currency.
What age is it for?
Children from 6 to 10. Easy suits first and second graders; Hard and Count the change suit third and fourth graders.
Is it free?
Yes, completely free with no sign-up and no download.