Small spending changes, more room for life: test your skills
Keep the things you enjoy. Find one change that fits your life. Answer each question to see the explanation; your score appears at the end.
This test checks that you can
- Use keep, swap, reduce and pause to judge a purchase
- Price a change honestly, including its costs
- Tell a plan from a result
- Practice
1. Which of these is a valid choice for a purchase you value?
- Practice
2. Why does frequency matter?
- Practice
3. When should you not switch to a cheaper option?
- Key idea
4. Which statement best explains "Keeping is a valid choice"?
- Key idea
5. Which statement best explains "Frequency multiplies everything"?
- Key idea
6. Which statement best explains "Count the friction"?
- Action plan
7. In the action plan, which step comes first?
- Mistake to avoid
8. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
- Mistake to avoid
9. Which of these is a mistake this lesson warns against?
Lunch costs $11 and you buy it 15 times a month. You bring lunch 5 of those days at $4 each. What do you save per month?
Show the answer
$35
Each swapped day saves $11 − $4 = $7. 5 × $7 = $35.
Choose one purchase you make every week and fill in the four-row table for it.