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Free money test · ages 8 and up

Stock Market Quiz for Kids

10 quick questions with instant answers and explanations. No sign-up needed.

Nova, the Wealthonauts investing explorer

This stock market quiz for kids tests what you know about shares, stock exchanges and investing. You will meet questions about profit, share prices, dividends and why smart investors spread their money around. Answer all ten and see if you can get 8 or more right.

Anyone can take this free test. Ages 8 and up is only a starting point, so teens and grown-ups who are new to investing are welcome too. Every answer has a short explanation. To go deeper, The Stock Market Adventure follows Nova and Captain Coin’s lemonade company through good days and hard days.

What this test covers

  • Revenue, costs and profit
  • What a share and an IPO are
  • How a stock exchange matches buyers and sellers
  • Why share prices go up and down
  • Dividends and paper gains
  • Diversification and its limits
  • Saving vs. investing and risk

How it works: answer all 10 questions, then press “Check my answers.” Get 8 or more right to pass. You’ll see why each answer is right, plus what to read or take next. No sign-up needed, and your answers are not saved.

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Ages 8 and up — and anyone who wants to learn this.

  1. Question 1 of 10A lemonade stand brings in 80 coins from sales and spends 60 coins on lemons, cups and helpers. What is its profit?
  2. Question 2 of 10What is it called when a company sells shares to the public for the very first time?
  3. Question 3 of 10After a company's first sale of shares, Pip sells 2 shares to Zib on the exchange. Who gets Zib's coins?
  4. Question 4 of 10On a stock exchange, what is the "bid"?
  5. Question 5 of 10A short code of letters that names a company on an exchange is called a…
  6. Question 6 of 10Nova paid 30 coins for her shares. They are now worth 42, but she has not sold them. What does she have?
  7. Question 7 of 10A company pays a dividend of 2 coins per share. You own 5 shares. How much do you get?
  8. Question 8 of 10Which of these can diversification NOT do?
  9. Question 9 of 10For most companies, what is the most a shareholder can lose?
  10. Question 10 of 10Which is usually the better place for money you will need soon?

Want to really understand it?

This test is based on The Stock Market Adventure, Book 06 of The Wealthonauts Adventures. Ages are a starting point, not a limit: plenty of teens and grown-ups are learning these ideas for the first time. Read the book online, take the matching Wealthonauts course, then come back and test yourself again.

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