How many of these 13 questions can you answer correctly? Only 1% of respondents answered 100% correctly. can you
From CNBC:
MassMutual recently administered a 13-question true/false test to 1,500 people between the ages of 55 and 65. As a result, 65% of people failed or received a D. Meanwhile, 18% of respondents received a 3, 12% received a B and 6% earned an A. Only 1% of respondents received an excellent score.
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Although Social Security may not seem relevant to your students, you can suggest that they take the test with their parents/grandparents. You can also ask them to do a scavenger hunt Social security website explore the answers to true/false questions.
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Tim Rancetta
Tim’s saving habits began at the age of seven, when a neighbor with a broken hip asked him to walk the dogs. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim becoming quite familiar with bank tellers (and accumulating over $300 in a savings account!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a chipping truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies, and helping families make more informed decisions about college financing. After volunteering to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto in 2010, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and action-based curriculum that inspired him to found a new nonprofit, Next Gen Personal Finance.
