Taylor is a high school senior who needs to shop for dorm supplies with a $1150 budget. At the mall, Taylor finds a "Coupon Frenzy" promotion where answering questions at each store earns a discount. Taylor must get discounts to afford all the required items. The game directs Taylor around the mall stores to shop within the budget while learning economics concepts tested at each store.
2. The Story of “Coupon Frenzy”!
Taylor is a Senior in high school, and will graduate in two
weeks! He/ she has been accepted to a major University, and
has received the HOPE scholarship. However, Taylor’s parents
have only allotted him or her $1150 to shop for the new dorm.
The University requires that Taylor be equipped with specific
items (found on items link). Taylor decides that he/she should
begin the shopping so Taylor heads to the mall. When Taylor
arrives he/she finds that the mall is having “Coupon Frenzy!”
day. All Taylor has to do is answer a question at each store to
receive a specific percentage off the purchase in that store.
Taylor soon realizes the only way he/she can afford all of the
items needed is to receive a majority of the coupons. Taylor
cannot wait to begin his/ her bargain shopping!
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3. Game Directions
The goal of the game is to purchase
all of the items with the most amount
of money left over.
To play the game you have to pick a
store to start with and try to answer
the “Coupon Quiz!”
To win the game you have to purchase
all of your items, and return home
with the most money!
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6. Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this
game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
• Originally designed by Jeanette Gordon & Kristen Urick,
University of Georgia, May 23rd
2003, with the title “Coupon
Frenzy”!
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7. Educational Objectives
• Audience
– Grades 9th
– 12th
• Subject Area: Business Education
– Basic concepts in finance
– Students will be able to demonstrate
understanding of basic economic concepts and
how they are applied in the business functions
and activities.
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8. Copyright
• Copyright 2003 Jeanette Gordon & Kristen Urick
• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers
and students of non-profit schools.
• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-
profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own
purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits
page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt
the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits
page without deleting any names already there.
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9. Time to play “Coupon
Frenzy”!
• Let’s begin playing the game!
• Select a store at the Coupon Frenzy Mall
• Once you enter the store answer the
question to receive your discount
• Travel around the mall to purchase all of
your items!
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Coupon Frenzy
Mall
10. “Coupon Frenzy” Mall
Linens
& Stuff
Laundry
Bath
Linens
Let the
Big Dawg
Eat!
Cool
Window
Covers
Folding
Chairs Plus Decorations
Pillow
World
Appliances
Bubble Bath
Extravaganza
Computers
Unlimited
Electronics
Carpets Plus
The Desk
Outlet
Furniture
Accessories
Kitchen
Accessories
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11. Bed-in-a-bag: $80.00
An economy is a system of managing the
productive and employment resources of a
Country
Community
Business
All of the above
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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12. Refrigerator: $100.00
Buying this item will increase production
and consumption in the economy which is
called
Economic growth
Expansion
Recession
Economic cycle
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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13. Telephone: $10.00
A wavelike pattern of economic activity that
includes temporary phases that undulate from
boom to bust is called the
Business circle
Business cycle
Inflation
Economic cycle
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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14. Lap top with printer:
$1000.00
You will increase retail sales when you buy this item
and send the economy to the ______ phase, where
production is at high capacity, unemployment is low,
retail sales are high, and prices and interest rates
are
low or falling.
Recession
Growth
Decline Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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15. Pillow: $20.00
If you do not buy an item, you may contribute to
a ______, which is generally described as a
decline in business activity or a downturn in the
economy.
Recession
Expansion
Decline
Growth Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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16. Curtains: $100.00
After a recession the economy will move into the
_____ phase, where levels of production,
employment, and retail sales begin to improve,
allowing the overall economy to experience some
growth from its previously weakened state.
Stable
Recovery
Good
Bad
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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17. Bath Towels: $75.00
______ is the value of all goods and services
produced by workers and capital located in the
U.S., regardless of ownership.
Index of leading economic indicators
Economic value
Gross domestic product
Service value
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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18. Shower Basket: $10.00
The ______ is a composite index, reported monthly
by the Conference Board, that suggests the future
direction of the U.S. economy.
Service value
Economic value
Index of leading economic indicators
Gross domestic product
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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19. Desk: $100.00
A steady rise in the general level of
prices is called_______.
Deflation
Growth
Increase of price index
Inflation
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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21. Desk Chair: $50.00
To maintain _____, your income must
rise as the prices rise.
Power
Money
Purchasing power
Status
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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22. Microwave: $45.00
The U.S. government measures inflation
using the ________.
Consumer price index
Inflation ruler
Scale rater
Inflation calculator
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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23. Folding Chair: $50.00
As you purchase items your ________ may
vary as it measures the rate of increase in
prices of items purchased by a particular
individual.
Personal inflation
Personal rate
Personal increase
Personal finances
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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24. Laundry Supplies: $100.00
The _______ of buying this item is
measured as the value of the next best
alternative that must be foregone.
Cost
Consequence
Opportunity cost
Rewards Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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25. Decorations: $50.00
______ is the ability of a good or
service to
satisfy a human want.
Satisfaction
Utility
Opportunity cost
Reward Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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26. Food Supply: $ 150.00
______ is having the extra satisfaction
derived from having one more incremental
unit of a product or service.
Utility
Marginal cost
Opportunity cost
Marginal utility
Coupon Frenzy
Mall
A
C
B
D
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