Teach the Cast
Some of MintForge’s cast are still learning. When you teach them, YOU learn it best — catch what they get wrong, then quiz them.
Teach Tag
You be the teacher — Tag is still learning. Helping Tag figure it out is the practice. (Only for you; nothing is saved.)
Teach the connections
Show how the money ideas connect
You've helped them one at a time. The real understanding is how the ideas CONNECT — teach that next.
Tag (percentage and markup — the transparent math of how prices are built) × Grow (compound interest — the patient math of money over time)
A 5 percent markup and 5 percent yearly interest both use the same percent. Why does Grow end up so much bigger than Tag over time?
Tag then says: “A one-time markup and years of compound interest are entirely different math with nothing in common.” — is that right?
The link: compound interest is markup applied again and again on the growing total.
One percent, applied once or applied forever.
Plan (budget allocation and opportunity cost — choosing with limited resources) × Tilt (risk and variability — the math of uncertain outcomes)
You can spend your savings on a sure small gain or a risky big one. How do Plan and Tilt work together on that choice?
Plan then says: “When budgeting, you should only compare best-case payoffs and ignore how risky each option is.” — is that right?
The link: risk is part of every real budget choice, not separate from it.
Weigh the payoff and the chance it does not come.
Capstone — make one money decision together
Three ideas behind a money choice. Bring in the cast member for each.
Build a price with a percentage markup. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Let money grow over time. Who?
Who do you bring in?
Choose with limited resources. Who?
Who do you bring in?
The synthesis: build a price, grow money over time, and budget with limited resources — the math behind a smart money choice.
Markup, growth, and budget — money, understood.
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